January 2011
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Plastic Call-to-Arms: Reduce, Reuse, Reform →
We have a complicated relationship with plastic, despite its omnipresence in our consumer culture. Associated with the cheap and mass-produced, plastic is synonymous with disposability. The very qualities that have made it so perfect for mass production—its protean nature and ability to be reliably molded with heat and pressure into an astonishing variety of shapes and sizes—contribute to our...
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How Laser Cutting Machines Work →
Laser cutters operate by focusing a stream of light made of photons, or laser, on a pinpointed site on an object in order to slice through it rather than using a solid object, like a blade, to slice through the material. A computer system with vector graphical software will also be needed. Commands are communicated to the laser cutter via the software which translates design geometry to numerical...
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