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Hackaday Prize Entry: The Strength Of 3D Printed Parts

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[Sam Barrett] is doing something that is sorely needed. He’s doing real materials research on FDM parts.

There’s nothing wrong with the rough experiments like hanging a 1 L bottle of water from the end of a rectangular test print to compare strengths. We also have our rules-of-thumb, like expecting the print to perform at 30% of injection molded strength. But these experiments are primitive and the guidelines are based on hearsay. Like early metallurgy or engineering; 3D printing is full of made-up stuff.

What [Sam] has done here is really amazing. He’s produced a model of a printed ABS …read more

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An email saying Print from Random Gmail addresses – JS malware leads to Locky ransomware

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Last revised or Updated on: 31st March, 2016, 11:35 AMA series of  email with the basic subject of print  pretending to come from random names with a number  at Gmail.com   with a zip attachment is another one from the current bot runs which downloads Locky ransomware They use email addresses and subjects that will entice a user to read the email and open the attachment. A very high proportion are being targeted at small and medium size businesses, with the hope of getting a better response than they do from consumers. A high proportion of these emails are arriving damaged due to misconfiguration, but some email servers will deliver a fully working copy with a working attachment. When the email arrives working, it … Continue reading → Continue reading An email saying Print from Random Gmail addresses – JS malware leads to Locky ransomware→