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MIT spinoff, OPT, ramps up production of its 3D-printed nasal swab

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If you’ve heard of OPT Industries (and odds are you haven’t), it’s due to the MIT spinoff’s roll in printing a novel nasal swab. InstaSwab got some good ink in the design world due to its complex geometrical build constructed from ultra-thin polymer fibers measuring less than the width of a human hair.

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Firehawk’s rocket engines and 3D-printed fuel hit testing milestones ahead of first launch

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The breakthrough made by CEO Will Edwards and chief scientist Ron Jones was to give that fuel a structure and 3D print it in a specially engineered matrix. Firehawk CEO Will Edwards (left) and chief scientist Ron Jones hold 3D-printed fuel tubes Image Credits: Firehawk Aerospace.

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Blackshark.ai’s digital twin of Earth attracts $20M in funding

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The basis of their technique is turning widely available 2D imagery into accurate 3D representations with machine learning, a bit of smart guesswork, and a lot of computing power. system has a canny understanding of what different buildings look like from above, even in sub-optimal lighting and incomplete imagery.

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Digital twins are primed to revolutionize the infrastructure industry

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Elaborating on some points from my previous post on building innovation ecosystems, here’s a look at how digital twins , which serve as a bridge between the physical and digital domains, rely on historical and real-time data, as well as machine learning models, to provide a virtual representation of physical objects, processes, and systems.

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iRocket to begin rocket engine testing at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center

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Manufactured via 3D printing, the engines will be powered by methane and liquid oxygen. Malik pointed out that the sale of Aerojet Rocketdyne to Lockheed Martin — which is still under review by the Federal Trade Commission — is going to leave a gap in the market. and 1,500 kg (around 3,300 lbs.). That’s going to open up the U.S.

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Daily Crunch: Mobile gaming review — Playing on the Logitech G Cloud with Shadow

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Supply chain challenges begone : Pantheon Design alleviates supply chain uncertainty with factory-grade 3D printing, Rita reports. Creating systems that are resilient against ransomware isn’t top of mind for early-stage startups, but many companies don’t even follow basic best practices, much to their detriment.

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San Diego-based startup LifeVoxel raises $5 million seed funding for its AI diagnostic visualization platform

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“For rural populations currently lacking in specialists, the platform’s ability to turn any device into a radiology workstation offers access to the same network of specialist physicians for imaging study review as urban areas.