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Three months after the launch of the CoVent-19 Challenge, a winner has been named: the SmithVent. The device, designed by an engineering team from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, is a rapidly manufacturable pneumatic ventilator designed for COVID-19 patients and ease of use. The next step in the design challenge…
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Though many things are uncertain in these difficult times, Formnext has so far stayed the course. The AM industry’s largest global event, Formnext is planning to go ahead with its Fall 2020 conference, adapting it to comply with Germany’s COVID-19 precautions. Now the event organizers have revealed details about the…
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Mihaela Vlasea, an engineering professor at The University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada who specializes in additive manufacturing, has been recognized as one of the top young engineers in manufacturing in Canada and the United States. Vlasea, who is associate research director at the Multi-Scale Additive Manufacturing Lab (MSAM), was…
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The 3D Pioneers Challenge 2020 has just revealed the 52 participants that are moving ahead into the next stage of the 3D design and printing contest. The finalists have submitted innovative designs across 10 categories and are still in the running to win some of the €35,000 prize money. Though…
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As soon as 3D printing’s role in the COVID-19 pandemic started to crystallize, America Makes stepped up to help consolidate and coordinate 3D printing efforts. As part of this, the national AM institution teamed up with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the FDA and the National Institutes of Health…
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On April 1, Stratasys and a team of Boston-area anesthesiology residents launched the CoVent-19 Challenge, inviting designers and engineers from around the world to come up with a design for a rapidly deployable, minimum viable mechanical ventilator to help treat COVID-19 patients. This week, the challenge moved into its finalist…
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An Irish PhD student has been awarded first place in the Stratasys Extreme Redesign Challenge, winning a free Stratasys FDM 3D printer for the University of Oxford for a year and a $2,500 scholarship. The student, Daniel Fahy, was recognized for his design of a 3D printed Hoberman Sphere that…
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A team of Boston area anesthesiology residents has today officially launched the CoVent-19 Challenge, which invites millions of designers and engineers to come up with a design for a rapidly deployable, minimum viable mechanical ventilator to help treat coronavirus patients. The challenge is hosted on Stratasys’ GrabCAD platform. The CoVent-19…
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As the global community faces a health crisis, it is, at the very least, heartening to see how individuals, organizations and companies are uniting for the common good. Whether it’s self-isolating if you have a cold, supporting employees during these trying times or actively coming up with solutions to fight…
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A team of students from the Colorado School of Mines was awarded a $3,000 prize for coming up with a winning design for new lunar rover wheels. The winning project, called CLOVER, consists of a 3D printed collapsible wheel which is capable of collecting samples from the moon’s surface as…
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