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Open-source materials database Space Mushroom launches with verifiable data

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Space Mushroom is a new, free, open-source materials database designed to provide engineers and AI assistants with reliable material property data. The database, accessible via an MCP server, ensures that every data point includes its source, units, test conditions, and method. This addresses the common issue of AI assistants providing numbers without verifiable origins. The platform offers tools for finding materials, comparing properties, verifying claims, and identifying missing data, with a commitment to listing different test conditions separately and making all data CC BY 4.0 licensed. AI

IMPACT Provides a verifiable data source for AI assistants, improving accuracy and trust in material property lookups.

RANK_REASON Launch of a new open-source tool/database for engineering materials data.

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Open-source materials database Space Mushroom launches with verifiable data

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  1. dev.to — MCP tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Simul Sarker ·

    A free MCP server for engineering materials data, with a source for every number

    <p>Ask an AI assistant for the yield strength of 316L and you usually get a number with no source. Material properties are scattered across data sheets, standards and papers, and most numbers lose their test conditions on the way.</p> <p>I run <a href="https://spacemushroom.com" …

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