{"id":25840,"date":"2014-08-02T07:00:18","date_gmt":"2014-08-02T12:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=25840"},"modified":"2014-08-02T13:01:42","modified_gmt":"2014-08-02T18:01:42","slug":"hot-weekend-reads-3d-printing-wet-computing-and-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/25840-hot-weekend-reads-3d-printing-wet-computing-and-beyond\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot Weekend Reads: 3D Printing, &#8216;Wet Computing&#8217; and Beyond!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-21076\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/lr_owcLOGOweb2.jpg\" alt=\"OWC\" width=\"280\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/lr_owcLOGOweb2.jpg 280w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/lr_owcLOGOweb2-190x75.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/>Here\u2019s a look at what OWC staffers have been reading this week:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Amazon aims at third dimension<\/strong><br \/>\nYou\u2019ve probably heard a fair share about 3D printing over the past few years. And it looks like (surprise, surprise!) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/business\/technology\/la-fi-tn-amazon-printing-20140728-story.html\">Amazon is getting in on the new dimension of fun<\/a>. One question remains: What do you want the tech giant\u2019s partners to print for you? (Hint: The correct answer is a customized bobble head of yourself.)<br \/>\n<strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/business\/technology\/la-fi-tn-amazon-printing-20140728-story.html\">L.A. Times<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The dawn of \u2018wet computing\u2019<\/strong><br \/>\nWe at OWC certainly know a thing or two about <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/shop\/firewire\/\">storage solutions<\/a>. But storage in a solution? That\u2019s new even to us. Essentially, scientists have found a way to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibtimes.co.uk\/upgrade-your-brain-liquid-hard-drive-implants-could-increase-intellect-1458374\">store data in microscopic particles in a liquid<\/a>. And naturally, the next step should be to put that liquid in our brains\u2026 Actually, this one gets a bit technical. You&#8217;ll want to check out the article for more details.<br \/>\n<strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibtimes.co.uk\/upgrade-your-brain-liquid-hard-drive-implants-could-increase-intellect-1458374\">International Business Times<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bouncing microwaves are the future!<\/strong><br \/>\nNaturally, even a remote possibility of a faster form of space travel is going to pique our interest \u00ad\u2013 we are \u201cOther World Computing\u201d, after all. But <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2014\/8\/1\/5959637\/nasa-cannae-drive-tests-have-promising-results\">this new testing<\/a> of powering an object with no traditional fuels, only microwaves, is particularly exciting. Check out the full article at The Verge, and then start making your travel plans!<br \/>\n<strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2014\/8\/1\/5959637\/nasa-cannae-drive-tests-have-promising-results\">The Verge<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a look at what OWC staffers have been reading this week: Amazon aims at third dimension You\u2019ve probably heard a fair share about 3D printing over the past few years. And it looks like (surprise, surprise!) Amazon is getting in on the new dimension of fun. One question remains: What do you want the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":21076,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,3770],"class_list":["post-25840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-random-thoughts-and-topics","category-unplugged"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.2 (Yoast SEO v20.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Hot Weekend Reads: 3D Printing, &#039;Wet Computing&#039; and Beyond!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out what we at OWC have been reading this week.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/25840-hot-weekend-reads-3d-printing-wet-computing-and-beyond\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hot Weekend Reads: 3D Printing, &#039;Wet Computing&#039; 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