A fabricator that needs to weld thick plate in as few passes as possible often will turn to submerged arc welding (SAW), a legacy process that has dominated heavy fabrication for decades. Variations ...

The Acmer P3 2-in-1 laser engraver is a desktop machine that combines a 10W blue diode laser with a 2W infrared laser, making it one of the more versatile hobbyist units available today. With this ...

I've tested out a number of xTool laser cutters before, and I've always walked away impressed. Whether it's the feature-rich, easy-to-use xTool P2 or the precise xTool S1, I've always found the units ...

A new technique offers a safe, reliable, and high-throughput way to dynamically characterize microscale metamaterials. The method could speed up the development of acoustic lenses, impact-resistant ...

The xTool F2 Ultra is far removed from many consumer-grade machines, with a high-end product-designed enclosure and streamlined user interface that make this one of the most powerful and easy-to-use ...

Most of us are familiar with haptics on touch-screen phones. The feedback technology uses vibrating pulses to replace the tactility of, for example, pressing a physical button. At the recent computer ...

Early-stage research by a university team in Sweden suggests that a new laser setup will double the energy of a proton beam - potentially offering a route to much wider access for high-precision ...