Form Labs recently announced the launch of the Fuse 1, a desktop SLS printer that will print all your parts using nylon powder and a laser. This a fundamentally different method of 3D printing as ...

It may contain inaccuracies due to the limitations of machine translation. What is the bin packing problem? It's the challenge of finding the most effective way to fit items of various sizes into the ...

In 1611 German mathematician Johannes Kepler made a conjecture about the densest way to stack oranges or other spheres with a minimum of space between them. It seemed nothing could beat the standard ...

Efficient utilization of materials in industrial processes is a significant challenge, particularly in furniture manufacturing, sheet metal cutting, and other sectors requiring precise material ...

Have you ever wondered about the best way to pack a finite number of identical spheres into a shape-shifting flexible container, like a convex hull? An intuitively simple problem concerning the best ...