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Massachusetts startup OPT Industries is perfecting a 3D-printed nasal swab for COVID-19 tests

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One small company that stepped into the fray of swab production was the two-year-old OPT Industries, a Massachusetts-based company with 15 employees involved in additive manufacturing (think 3D printing) of dense microfiber structures. As COVID-19 surges, 3D printing is having a moment.

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Stämm Biotech raises $17M for its next-generation, 3D printed bioreactor

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Stämm Biotech , founded in 2014, is developing a desktop-sized bioreactor that looks pretty different from the tanks, tubes and knobs traditionally seen in industrial or even benchtop bioreactors. Instead, it’s developing a unit that 3D prints a dense network of microchannels that pass cells through the nutrients and oxygen they need.

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Dutch startup hub Utrecht emerges from Amsterdam’s shadow

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However, they seem to think it’s weaker in design, hardware, fintech, robotics and agritech. The investment scene is described variously as focusing on software, clean tech, life sciences, biotech, organoids, 3D bioprinting, AI and VR/AR. Weak: Hardware-based startups (better in Delft/Eindhoven). Utrecht is a bit lagging.”

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A year on from Russia’s invasion, Ukrainian startups show astounding resilience

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Deus Robotics specializes in full-cycle projects, including hardware engineering, software development, and integration, focusing on automating warehouse and logistics operations. An AI platform enabling pharma and biotech companies to design new drugs more easily ReLeaf Paper Turns fallen tree leaves into paper and sustainable packaging.

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Wikifactory has raised $4.5M for its ‘GitHub for hardware’ to make almost anything remotely

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Today Wikifactory , billing itself as a “GitHub for hardware”, announced it has closed a $3 million funding round, taking it to a total of $4.5M, pre-series A. This allows product developers to review and discuss 3D models in more than 30 file formats in real time. Perhaps that day is edging closer.

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