Issue # 457 (11)


THE CONTACT 3D printing gets social


New Cubify printer allows you to create, upload and SELL your own inventions


These objects may


look tacky, plastic souvenirs the the kind you might buy from street stalls on your summer holidays. But look closer at the technology behind them, and you realise you are looking at technology would could potentially shake up the way we live. These products are the outcome of home 3D printers, and as the technology finds itself creeping into our homes, they could provide instant items for you - for instance cutlery and cups, door handles, toys - indeed, almost anything of any shape. The next 3D printer to launch is called Cubify, which brings something new and exciting to the market - the ability to create, upload, and then sell your own inventions. The technology is still in many ways in its infancy - however viewed from the other angle, the technology has come on in leaps and bounds in


the last three to four years. Current printers like Cubify - which hits the market later this month - can already design intricate patterns,


more users become more adept at using Cubify, more elaborate and niche designs will come out - so for instance if you lose the battery cover for your TV's remote control, or for your mobile phone, search


using computer programs to create a 3D model of your item, which you then send to the printer just as you would normally print a document. Templates can be downloaded from websites, so that in the same way you might bright browse Amazon for an e-book, or a movie rental service for a film, you can choose to search for 3D templates like 'spoons', then choose the design you want, and then hit print with a flourish and watch the item build itself in front of your eyes. As


the website and the odds are someone has designed one for you. Cubify's social angle is one of the interesting off- shoots of the technology. The company states: 'We believe a new art form is emerging where all things in 3D will merge. 'New tools, which enable digital creation, such as 3D scanning, 3D printing and countless others, are enabling future artists to express themselves in 3D like never before. 'We call them Cubify Artists and Cubify is their playground to create,


Senior Al Qaeda leader wanted for USS Cole bombing


Killed in airstrike in remote Yemeni region


An airstrike yesterday killed a top Al Qaeda leader on the FBI's most wanted list for his role in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole warship, Yemeni officials have confirmed. The CIA drone attack killed Fahd al-Quso as he stepped out of his vehicle, along with another Al Qaeda operative in the southern Shabwa province. News of his death comes as officials say Al Qaeda militants have killed 20 Yemeni soldiers and captured a further 25 in the south of the country this morning. The Yemeni officials were speaking on condition of anonymity in accordance with military regulations. The U.S. refused to confirm al-Quso's death but a telephone text message claiming to be from Al Qaeda media arm confirmed al-Quso was killed in the strike. The airstrike came as the U.S. and Yemen cooperate in a battle against Al Qaeda in southern Yemen. Reports emerged this morning of a pre-dawn assault by Al Qaeda militants on an army base in the southern


Abyan province. In response, government forces shelled militant positions elsewhere in Abyan, killing 16 fighters.


Al-Quso, 37, was on the FBI's most wanted list, with a $5 million reward for information leading to his capture. He was indicted in the U.S. for his role in the 2000 bombing in the USS Cole in Aden, Yemen, in which 17 American sailors were killed and 39 injured. He served more than five years in a Yemeni prison for his role in the attack and was released in 2007. He briefly escaped prison in 2003 but later turned himself in to serve the rest of his sentence. Al-Quso was also one of the most senior Al Qaeda leaders publicly linked to the 2009 Christmas airliner attack. He has allegedly met the


suspected bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab in Yemen before he left on his way to execute his failed bombing over Detroit. In December 2010, al-Quso was designated a global terrorist by the State Department, an indication that his role in Al Qaeda's Yemen branch had grown more prominent. Local Yemeni official Abu Bakr bin Farid and the Yemeni Embassy in Washington confirmed al- Quso was killed in Rafd, a remote mountain valley in Shabwa. It is the area where many of Al Qaeda leaders are believed to have taken cover, including the U.S.-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, killed in a U.S. airstrike in Yemen last year. Yemeni government officials reported that al-Quso and al-Awlaki were killed in an airstrike in 2009 in Rafd, but they both resurfaced alive. Al-Quso was known for his ability to move in disguise. He was from the same tribe as al- Awlaki, and local tribesmen said he was a close aide.


monetize and share their ideas with others.' Users can create a free account, upload their designs, gove them description and a selling price, and keep sixty per cent of the revenue, following a similar model to writers self-pnblishing on Amazon or musicians self-publishing to iTunes. Items already uploaded include an iPhone case for $10, a seat-belt style clasp for $5, hairbrushes for $5, a pair of high-heel shoes for $, and light-switches for $15. In the labs, the technology is getting even better: The racing car below is just 0.028cm across - or to put it another way, about the size of the full stop at the end of this word. While the domestic technology is currently limited to plastic items, when complex materials like wires and metals can be built, we could end up downloading many of the items we found in our house rather than making trips into town or waiting on the snail mail.


LONDON: The British government has committed £1.75 million to open five curry colleges to teach Britons how to cook Indian food. This became necessary after it effectively barred entry of chefs from the subcontinent as part of a policy to tighten immigration and reduce the number of settlers from outside the European Union. The colleges are aiming to take in 50 students in the first year, but quickly grow from that base. Suzy Jackson of the Hospitality Guild said, "If recruits sign up to a curry college, they get six weeks of training which includes working in a kitchen. So it's real hands on stuff. They will then get a guaranteed interview with one of our employers, which could lead to a two-


year apprenticeship and they will have then got a real good chance of getting a job.for life." But Indian restaurateur Rajesh Suri said it would be impossible to fill the jobs overnight. "Training people takes three to four years." Indian restaurants and takeaways are a £3billion business in Britain. At least 18 tonnes of chicken tikka masala - a British Asian creation - is devoured in about 15,000 such eateries. The chilled or frozen ready meal market is worth another £2billion.


Some restaurants have either closed or are in danger of doing so as they are struggling to staff their kitchens. As a solution, the British government wants them to accept graduates from the curry colleges.


15 May to 21 May 2012


After barring Indian chefs, UK plans own curry colleges


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