The filament is designed to harden as it dries, so an object can be created layer by layer.
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This technique is considered an additive manufacturing technique not unlike 3D printing that builds a product layer by layer.
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Existing 3-D printers, also called rapid prototyping machines, build structures layer by layer.
Using a handheld glue gun, and armed with a home-cooked slurry of polyethylene and candle wax, he built the shape layer by layer.
Instead of bashing, bending and cutting material the way it always has been, 3D printers build things by depositing material, layer by layer.
Behind a tinted glass panel 18-carat gold powder, laid down by a robot arm, sparkles as a laser fuses the metal into complex three-dimensional shapes, layer by layer.
Configurable triggers such as removal or tampering of the drive, removal of device from a resting GPS point, cellular telephone call, or even a change in temperature will release a "chemical mist" into the drive (not the computer) destroying it layer by layer.
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These printers use something like a toothpaste tube of plastic or other material held vertically in an X-Y plotter that squirts out thin layers of tiny dots of material that build up, layer by layer, to produce a 3D replica of the computer-generated design.
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That means the manuscript can be studied layer by layer, enabling the researchers to isolate the remains of the mathematical text from the prayers, the mould that has accumulated over the centuries and some mysterious paintings that were added the last time the book disappeared, after the first world war.
The reason is that if this analysis is internally consistent then we ought to be able to add layer-by-layer on to it until we get to the complete analysis.
Its prime target is the 18, 000-foot (5, 500-meter) peak at the center of Gale Crater, Mount Sharp, where scientists hope to get a layer-by-layer look at the history of the planet.
That was where the motley sediments of ancient Mars were succeeded by layer upon unvarying layer of brownish rock, two miles high.
On top of that is the capacitive touch layer, which is then topped off by a tough layer of Gorilla Glass.
In each layer, electrons exist at a different level of energy, determined by the layer's thickness.
This is complemented by a second layer of read protection offered by the robust data hold-out algorithm in Plextor's exclusive firmware, thus allowing the drive to achieve total data accuracy even in the long-term.
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The Montreal Protocol is the international agreement designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out production of Cfc's and halons.
Stick the part in acid, run an electric current through it and we can increase the thickness of the layer by a factor of 20-40.
The channels in the outer layer, by contrast, are able to float freely.
The printers follow the shape of the model by stacking layer upon layer of molten plastic to produce the items.
The sensor consists of a gold plate covered by a layer of ethylene glycol (better known to most people as antifreeze).
One is a protective sheath that keeps cells alive for months outside a host body, nourished by a layer of fat.
Since the early 1990s the industry has resembled a cake made of horizontal layers of technology, with each layer dominated by a few companies.
Because smart skins are grown by depositing layer upon layer, the base coating can be used as a foundation for adding other ingredients to tailor the material's properties for specific purposes.
Historically, hardware divisions have been slow to recognise that this is not actually how customers buy products, and locked-down systems are slow to take advantage of the translation layer provided by smartphone and tablet apps.
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In the deep water, large swaths of Wilcox sediment slumped over the side of the continental shelf and were swallowed by a layer of salt that dates back to when the American continents pulled away from Europe and Africa.
TubeRank is built upon an algorithm that ranks videos according to their conversation triggers and communities of interest, which is then guided by a layer of social data, including share and sentiment data, that is connected to each video.
OLETs rely on three layers of material, with the bottom layers carrying a charge, the middle layer (the meat in this high-tech sandwich) emitting photons when excited by the bottom, and the top layer selectively letting those photos through.
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Some had a print of petals or leaves, either alone or covered by a sheer layer.
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