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Made In Space Additive Manufacturing Facility

Made In Space is developing manufacturing technologies that are enabling people to live and work in space. The Made In Space Additive Manufacturing Facility was launched on March 22nd, 2016 and arrived at the International Space Station on March 26th, 2016. This is a first step toward putting…

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Ember 3D Printer 24X Faster

Some recent software optimizations were updated on the Autodesk Ember 3D Printer resulting in it 3D printing 24 times faster and because it is open source it could be used on a host of other 3D printers. “True to the open-source nature of their 3D printer, Autodesk reveals…

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AMF in Orbit

The Atlas V launch vehicle lifts off from Cape Canaveral. Credit: NASA Congratulations to NASA,  Orbital ATK, and Made in Space for launching the new 3D Printer Additive Manufacturing Facility (AMF) into orbit last night. It will soon arrive and be installed on the International Space Station and…

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Great First Day of REAL 2016

Yesterday was the fist of two days for the REAL 2016 conference in it’s second year. Being held at scenic Fort Mason there are about 900 attendees networking, attending presentations, and looking at exhibits and vendors.Autodesk was periscoping several of the presentations yesterday (https://www.periscope.tv/autodesk) and I was tweeting…

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Imagination Powered Toy Factory

Mattel and Autodesk partner to create a childs very own imagination powered toy factory with the ThingMaker Design app and a $299 3D printer. The 3D printer goes on pre-sale on Amazon today and ships this Fall. autode.sk/1Qcbu0k

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3D Printed Shells Help Tortoises Survive

Here is an amazing story combining Autodesk Memento software and 3D printing to help save endangered tortoise lives in the American Southwest. 3-D Printed Shells Help Tortoises Survive Hostile Desert Life –FastCo Conservationists are using new technology to study what eats the slow-moving critters—and then tricking those predators…

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Kids Design Their Own 3D Printed Prosthetics

This is such a great story and well worth spreading far and wide. I remember speaking with one of the volunteers working on this and just humbled by the use of simple 3D printed parts making a difference and creating so many smiles. Autodesk and Bay Area non-profit…

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Meshmixer 3.0 Released at SIGGRAPH

Meshmixer is one of the most helpful software tools to help modify, repair, and prepare 3D geometry for 3D printing. This new Meshmixer 3.0 update from Autodesk Research’s Ryan Schmidt was released January 19, 2016 at SIGGRAPH and adds a major new toolset for designing discrete-region multi-material objects,developed…

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