Honeybees Can Add and Subtract, Study Finds
After discovering that honeybees understand the concept of zero, scientists tested the insect’s ability to spot gains and losses. Continue reading Honeybees Can Add and Subtract, Study Finds
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Sugar As A Bed Adhesive For 3D Printing
3D printers, like most CNC machines, reward careful thought and trial and error. It’s important to use the correct machine settings and to prepare the build environment properly in order to get good results. Fused Filament Fabrication printers rely on melting plastic just so in the production of parts, and have their own set of variables to play with. [Mysimplefix] has been exploring various solutions to bed adhesion and found something that seems to work perfectly, right in the pantry.
That’s right, this solution to the problem of bed adhesion is more commonly stirred into your coffee every morning – …read more
The End of the Candy Rainbow
About a decade ago [Windell Oskay] and [Lenore Edman] spun out of Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories to work on CandyFab, an inexpensive 3D printer using sugar as its medium. Wondering what happened to CandyFab? It’s been nearly that long since we last wrote about their work and Maker technology has moved on. 3D printers run the gamut from very inexpensive to production ready. The CandyFab project and nascent company is now shuttered, but there is a epilogue with some interesting lessons.
First of all, the saga of the CandyFab series of printers (above on the same page) is worth a …read more
Major Updates to FDA’s Nutrition Facts Label Target America’s Sugar Problem
The First Lady announced updates to the Nutrition Facts Label last Friday, reflecting 20 years of underutilized health research. Continue reading Major Updates to FDA’s Nutrition Facts Label Target America’s Sugar Problem