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Tuesday, July 5, 2011

ScienceDaily: Strange Science News

ScienceDaily: Strange Science News


Design and print your own 3-D chocolate objects

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 05:31 AM PDT

Manufacturing and retail could get a much needed boost from a newly developed 3-D chocolate printer. In the long term the technology could be used by customers to design many different products themselves -- tailor-made to their needs and preferences. Using new digital technology the printer allows you to create your own designs on a computer and reproduce them physically in three dimensional form in chocolate.

Specialized seeds can really float your boat

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 07:29 PM PDT

A new artificial surface inspired by floating seeds could provide an alternative to the toxic paints currently used to prevent fouling on ship hulls. The artificial surface, developed by German scientists, is covered with fibers to prevent marine organisms from settling -- the same strategy used by the seeds.

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