Hong says RoboCup teaches students about machine design and fabrication, as well as mechanics, dynamics and controls.

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No longer limited to low-end FDM machines, users can now print parts with the complex geometries, exquisite details, and beautiful surface finish necessary for professional quality design and digital fabrication.

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Part of the 123D family of products, 123D Catch users can take advantage of a connected group of Autodesk software, fabrication services for 3D printing and laser cutting, and a community of like-minded individuals focused on 3D design and personal fabrication.

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Transforming biology into an engineering practice, decoupling design from fabrication and speeding the biological design, build, test cycle is how DARPA proposes to tackle this problem.

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It has its hands in every part of the nuclear industry, from uranium mining to enrichment to fuel fabrication to reactor design and construction to maintenance and refueling to reprocessing and recycling.

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Now fully funded, Yang and his team are already in the fabrication process and working to improve the original design.

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Again, the beauty of the design and the ingenuity of the manufacturing process take our attention away from the human element that goes into their fabrication.

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