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What is Additive Manufacturing? Commonly interchanged with the term 3D printing, additive manufacturing is “the process of creating an object by building it one layer at a time.”1 Historically, standard manufacturing has been a subtractive process in which an object is created by cutting away at a volume of material. How Has Additive Manufacturing Changed…
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Since the introduction of GANs (Generative Adversarial Networks) in 2014, AI Image generation has escalated at an alarming rate. Recently, systems like DALL·E and Stable Diffusion have put AI image generation into the hands of the public. Users can generate amazing images from the input of simple text prompts. When Did it Start? Artist Harold…
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Aircraft manufacturers and airlines worldwide are answering the call to reduce carbon emissions and increase fuel efficiency. In this article, we’ll look at some of Boeing’s initiatives in their ecoDemonstrator program. From 2012 through 2022, Boeing’s ecoDemonstrator program has tested over 230 technologies across nine airplanes. Of these 230 technologies, about one-third have been implemented…
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What is Conservation? According to ICOM (International Council of Museums), conservation includes “all measures and actions aimed at safeguarding tangible cultural heritage while ensuring its accessibility to present and future generations.”1 Additionally, Alisa Eagleston-Cieslewicz, Curator of Conservation at SFO Museum describes conservation as “providing an ethical framework” that guides the decision-making process regarding the treatment of…
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Humble Beginnings In the first decades following the invention of the airplane, paint was expensive, heavy, and had poor adherence. For these reasons, airplane manufacturers would leave the exterior of their aircraft bare, or, with minimal markings such as titles or emblems. It wasn’t until after the Second World War that innovations in paint and…
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In our quest to uncover the secret to humans’ fascination with miniatures, we explored The Remarkable History of the Miniature. In this installment, we’ll look at the motivations of those perhaps most captivated by miniatures—collectors—and see what they can tell us about our own fascination. Why Do People Collect Miniatures? Nostalgia. Miniatures allow the collector…
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