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I reinstalled both Windows and Linux (Fedora) recently on a notebook PC, and I decided to write the summary article about my experience with both OS. I'm also going to describe how to configure each OS via command-line and set up a dual-boot system.

The management of a Russian company REC (that’s been developing and manufacturing 3D printing materials for nine years) thinks that the relevance of the additive manufacturing industry will only continue to grow as long as the market will become even more aware of the abilities of the tech.

Hi! I am Aleksey Rybakov, Product Owner at Sber ARVR Lab. 

And before telling you what we have achieved, let me explain the meaning of this article’s heading. Or more so, explain the word “metauniverse”. This term was well-described by Mark Zuckerburg: “Metauniverse is internet implemented, where instead of looking at internet, you are inside of it.” Like a parallel universe, which you can enter yourself with AR/VR gadgets or through a 3D-avatar.

In other words, a metauniverse is simultaneously a virtual space and a way of engaging with its objects without the common “screen + keybord/mouse/sensor” medium. 

And yes, metauniverses are here. But to get into one, you’ll need a few things. First, you need to know where to look. We will talk about that later when depicting a curious case in Moscow. Second, you need a technology that will help connect the virtual world with the real one. We will talk about that as well. 

Now, let me introduce: VPS.

“This is not even a hypercar — it’s an ultracar,” — this is how race car driver Spyros Panopoulos prefers to call his brainchild, whose company is going to present the most powerful production car in the world, stuffed with 3D printed parts and ready to put to shame Formula 1’s SSC Tuatara and Bugatti Chiron.

The Swiss manufacturer of professional 3D printers Sintratec has released a software solution called Nesting, which allows for automatic placement of models in additive systems based on selective laser sintering (SLS) technology with optimal use of the build volume.

In the subtropical greenhouse of the Siberian Botanical Garden of Tomsk State University, there appeared 3D printed sculptures of mythological characters — elves, a winged cat, and a baby dragon.

The idea was to create moisture-resistant photogenic sculptures that would complement the exposition of greenhouse plants and draw the attention of visitors to the mythical creatures of the world cultural heritage. 3D models of the sculptures were designed and printed on a 3D printer, being then polished and painted to look like stone.

The research-and-development center of JSC KAMAZ (‘Kama Automobile Plant’) engaged in the creation of advanced vehicle models and improvement of the operational properties of manufactured equipment has recently acquired a CT Mini M vacuum forming machine for their pilot production.

Engineers at the Institute of Mechanics of Moscow State University have designed and manufactured a walking robot using 3D printing technologies with composite materials and aluminum alloys.

BASF 3D Printing Solutions launches a new lineup of filaments under the Forward AM brand, which include three options characterized by different composition and hardness — Ultrafuse TPU 95A, Ultrafuse TPU 64D, and Ultrafuse TPS 90A.

Ultimaker has announced a wash machine for removing water-soluble polyvinyl alcohol support structures from FDM/FFF 3D printed products.

The Israeli company Massivit 3D is taking pre-orders for Massivit 10000 hybrid systems that combine resin 3D printing with epoxy casting.

Many people are familiar with the situation when there is no Internet, and a small dinosaur appears on the Google Chrome screen. Today we will tell you how to implement this game on the Cyclone IV FPGA board.

We are Yegor Blinov, Egor Kuziakov, and Inga Ezhova - the first-year students of Innopolis University. In our program, there was a course "Computer Architecture", where we had labs with FPGA boards Cyclone IV and MAX10. We were inspired by this equipment and decided to implement the project on one of the boards.

Porsche invested money in a German startup called Isar Aerospace that is working on a lightweight launch vehicle with 3D printed parts, including key components of power plants. The initial launch is planned for 2022.

In the past, FDM 3D printing solutions have been primarily used for surgical planning. The added benefit is one can perform surgical planning digitally in preparation for surgical procedures, create mock up operations physically with the usage of trustworthy full-scale printed parts and test implants prior to inserting them into the body.

Raise3D is preparing to receive pre-orders for E2CF — a version of its desktop additive system E2 that is able to print using carbon-fiber-reinforced polymers. The device is optimized for working with carbon-filled filaments. 

Previously, Raise3D was primarily known for its large-format series such as the Raise3D Pro2 Plus (build volume: 305 x 305 x 605 mm), but the manufacturer is certainly planning to expand in the industrial segment with their focus on engineering-grade materials.

Cygnus NG-16 was recently launched into space. It’s an iSS resupply spacecraft that brings materials and equipment needed for 3D printing with lunar regolith simulant to International Space Station.

How to make a parallel book for language learning. Part 1. Python and Colab version

This is a second article on making parallel books. Today we will use the more advanced tool which will bring rich UI functionality. Lingtrain Alignment Studio is a web application written on Vue and Python. The main purpose of it is to extract the parallel corpora from two raw texts and make a bilingual (or even multilingual) parallel book. This is an open-source project and I will be glad to hear all of your bright ideas. Links to the sources and our community contacts can be found below. Los geht's!

Setup

The app is packed into the docker container. It's a simple technology to deploy your stuff anywhere from the server to your local machine. It's available across all the operating systems. So at first, you need a docker installed locally. Then you need to run two simple commands. The first will download the container:

docker pull lingtrain/aligner:v4

And the second one will run the application:

docker run -v C:\app\data:/app/data -v C:\app\img:/app/static/img -p 80:80 lingtrain/aligner:v4

C:\app\data and C:\app\img — your local folders.

The app will be available on the 80th port. Let's open the localhost page in your favorite browser.

We will make three simple steps: Load, Align, Create

The list of materials for additive manufacturing devices Studio System 2 by Desktop Metal now includes a filament filled with titanium alloy Ti-6Al-4V (Ti64), a new step in the field of metal 3D printing.

Ford equipped its new Maverick pickup truck with convenient slots to customize the cars with DIY 3D printed accessories.

The Czinger C21 hypercar set a lap record at the Laguna Seca Raceway track. The previous holder was McLaren Senna and Czinger C21 beat its time by 2 seconds. The C21 costs more than $1.5 million and its body includes reinforced polymers and 3D printed titanium parts.