C.J. Howard, a northern California-based rock-climbing enthusiast, is a lower-leg amputee. He relies on a customized prosthetic foot that he designed with climbing partner and environmental/aerospace engineer Mandy Ott. The pair had the prosthetic made with a laser sintering process. This technique is considered an additive manufacturing technique not unlike 3D printing that builds a [...]
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Small is the new big. China, Taiwan, and United States physicists have teamed up to develop the world’s smallest semiconductor laser. This emerging photonic technology breakthrough has potential applications from computing to medicine. Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin, in collaboration with colleagues in Taiwan and China, have developed the tiny laser, a [...]
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