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Markforged acquires Digital Metal for $40M as 3D printing space continues to evolve

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Infusing Digital Metal’s solution into The Digital Forge platform allows us to address new applications in the medical, automotive, luxury goods and other industries,” said Shai Terem, president and CEO of Markforged. Among other things, Protolabs acquired 3D Hubs , Desktop Metal snagged EnvisionTEC and Lumentum spent $5.7

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

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OPT’s 3D printing system was seven years in the making, but its timing was certainly fortuitous, with the creation of a swab it says is “up to 20 times more effective in bacterial sample elution.” RAMP 3D prints edge-to-edge rolls, allowing the system to produce high-resolution prints at a much faster scale than traditional methods.

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Automotive simulation platform Morai secures $20.8M Series B to expand its global footprint

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Morai , which provides autonomous vehicle developers with automotive simulation tools to verify the safety and reliability of self-driving systems, announced today it has raised $20.8 As a result, users can test an AV driver against myriad simulation environments, regardless of the hardware they operate on. .

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Humane, a secretive AI startup founded by ex-Apple employees, raises another $100M

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And Volvo’s teaming up with Humane on a potential automotive industry offering. In addition to the laser projection system, the patent diagrams show a Qualcomm Snapdragon chip paired with a camera, 3D camera, depth sensor, heart rate sensor and a wearable battery.

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Seoul Robotics introduces V2X sensor tower to automate BMW fleets at Munich manufacturing facility

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Seoul Robotics, an AI-based perception software company, wants to turn first- and last-mile logistics hubs for automotive and trucking into mind hives, wherein one sensor tower controls the movements of a fleet, like a conductor of an orchestra, guiding hundreds of vehicles into place.

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Daily Crunch: European subscription prices for Amazon Prime will increase in September 

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Oh, and you don’t even need to read the article, but do yourself a favor and look at the pictures in this piece I published this morning: BMF’s microscopic 3D printing powers are magnificent, and I’m awestruck by how far 3D printing has come. The TechCrunch Top 3. Startups and VC. too, Frederic reports. battery plants.

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Metalenz PolarEyes upgrades digital sensing with polarized light

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The advance Metalenz made when I wrote about them last year was reliably and inexpensively manufacturing the complex micro-scale 3D optical features to make a tiny but effective camera on a chip. But the polarization thing has more consumer-relevant applications. But the polarization thing has more consumer-relevant applications.