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Morphing 3D-printed structures from flat to curved—in space

Because it's costly and cumbersome to transport large structures such as satellite dishes into space, aerospace Ph.D. student ...
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Engineers 3D-print flat sheets that transform into curved satellite structures in space

A team led by aerospace Ph.D. student Ivan Wu and his advisor Jeff Baur has developed a low-energy, scalable technique that ...
Nanowerk

3D printing space mirrors with atomic smoothness

A new additive manufacturing route creates carbon fiber silicon carbide mirrors that unite low weight, strength, and sub-nanometer smoothness, reaching 97 percent visible reflectance for space optics.
New Atlas

Interstellar-inspired TARS3D may be first such robot that both walks and rolls

If you want to build an actual HAL 9000, all you need is an LED, some carpentry skills, and any laptop accessing a talking AI ...