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'Mysterious' ancient creature was definitely an animal, research confirms
2017-09-14 06:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] 'Mysterious' ancient creature was definitely an animal, research confirms It lived well over 550 million years ago, is known only through fossils and has variously been described as looking a bit like a jellyfish, a worm, a fungus and lichen. But was the 'mysterious' Dickinsonia an animal, or was it something else? A new study by researchers at the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Bristol, and the British Geological Survey provides strong proof that D…
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'Hammerhead' creature was world's first plant-eating marine reptile
2016-05-06 12:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] In 2014, scientists discovered a bizarre fossil—a crocodile-sized sea-dwelling reptile that lived 242 million years ago in what today is southern China. Its head was poorly preserved, but it seemed to have a flamingo-like beak. But in a paper published today in Science Advances, paleontologists reveal what was really going on—that “beak” is actually part of a hammerhead-shaped jaw apparatus, which it used to feed on plants on the ocean floor. It's the …
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Stratasys 3D Prints 14-Foot Tall Giant Creature for Comic-Con 2014
2014-07-23 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Hollywood Special Effects Artists and Technicians Use Stratasys 3D Printers to Bring Creature to Life<br /> <br /> MINNEAPOLIS & REHOVOT, ISRAEL – Stratasys Ltd. (Nasdaq:SSYS), a global leader of 3D printing and additive manufacturing solutions, announced it has collaborated with the Stan Winston School of Character Arts, Legacy Effects, Condé Nast Entertainment and WIRED to create a 14-foot tall giant creature which will be showcased at the Comic-Con International 2014 conference. The ...This story is related to the following:Materials and Material ProcessingSearch for suppliers of: 3D Printers
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Stratasys 3D prints 14-foot tall giant creature for comic conference
2014-07-22 17:40:00| Canadian Plastics Headlines
3D printing and additive manufacturing machines maker Stratasys Ltd. has create a 14-foot tall giant creature which will be showcased at the Comic-Con International 2014 conference in San Diego, Calif.
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Evolution delivers: The first mechanical gear found in a living creature
2013-09-13 15:43:25| Extremetech
Gears and wheels are not very common in nature. Recently however, biologist have discovered a precision gearing mechanism that is built and used by an insect known as a planthopper. The bug employs this device to mechanically synchronize its powerful jumping actuators so that they both fire within 30 microseeconds of each.
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