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ELEKTRO 12/2021 was released on December 1st 2021. Its digital version will be available immediately.

Topic: Measurement, testing, quality care

Market, trade, business
What to keep in mind when changing energy providers

SVĚTLO (Light) 6/2021 was released 11.29.2021. Its digital version will be available immediately.

Fairs and exhibitions
Designblok, Prague International Design Festival 2021
Journal Světlo Competition about the best exhibit in branch of light and lighting at FOR ARCH and FOR INTERIOR fair

Professional literature
The new date format for luminaires description

New 3D printer uses rays of light to shape objects, transform product design

1. 2. 2019 | UC Berkeley | www.berkeley.edu

A new 3D printer uses light to transform gooey liquids into complex solid objects in only a matter of minutes.

The 3D printer can create objects that are smoother, more flexible and more complex than what is possible with traditional 3D printers. It can also encase an already existing object with new materials — for instance, adding a handle to a metal screwdriver shaft — which current printers struggle to do.

New 3D printer

The new printer relies on a viscous liquid that reacts to form a solid when exposed to a certain threshold of light. Projecting carefully crafted patterns of light — essentially “movies” — onto a rotating cylinder of liquid solidifies the desired shape “all at once.” The technology has the potential to transform how products from prosthetics to eyeglass lenses are designed and manufactured, the researchers say.

Read more at UC Berkeley

Image Credit: Hayden Taylor

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