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December 14, 2024

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• The annual open house for How To Make (almost) Anything will be at 5:00 on Tuesday December 17 on the 6th floor of MIT's building E14:\ \

https://fab.cba.mit.edu/classes/863.24

\ - We're pleased to welcome Marissa Marcoux, who is taking over as CBA's Assistant Director from Joe Murphy (who is moving into MIT's central research administration):\ \

<https://cba.mit.edu/people/marissa>

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and to welcome Dan Gilbert, who's taking over from John DiFrancesco as CBA's Laboratory Director:\
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<https://cba.mit.edu/people/dangilbert>

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- CBA received the first US award from ARIA, to study machine learning systems that can learn their own construction:\
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  <https://www.aria.org.uk/nature-computes-better-seeds>

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  - Alfonso Parra Rubio collaborated with Zund on using their flatbed cutters to produce folded metal sculptures:\
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    <https://youtu.be/lUNkAqbkRrA>

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    Our newest tool is an 18,000 pound Hurco swivel head 5-axis mill:\
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    <https://cba.mit.edu/tools#Hurco_VMX42SRTi_5_axis_machining_center>

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    - We hosted a visit from the Berlin Philharmonic on music technology:\
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      <https://www.instagram.com/p/DCwmq9sxMLM>

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      and we hosted a notable group of scientists and artists to explore the science behind *Einstein on the Beach*:\
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      <https://cba.mit.edu/events/24.12.EotB>

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      - A CBA patent has issued for precision planar coil placement for three-dimensional inductive sensors:\
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        <https://patents.google.com/patent/US12124784B2>

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        - Neil Gershenfeld did invited talks for the Materials Research Society on *Open Metrology for Materials Science* and on *Expanding Access to Advanced Manufacturing with Biopolymers*:\
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          <https://www.mrs.org/meetings-events/annual-meetings/2024-mrs-fall-meeting/symposium-sessions>

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          and he presented a replicator roadmap for the Foresight Institute:\
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          <https://foresight.org/vw2024us>

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          which prompted a gathering of CBA Bay Area alums:\
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          <https://www.instagram.com/p/DDYToPptOmr>

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          - Videos are available from the FAB24 event that we co-hosted in Mexico:\
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            [https://fab24.fabevent.org/](https://fab24.fabevent.org)

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            - Best wishes from CBA for the upcoming holiday season and new year

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