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Learn. Inspire. Connect. – 2025 Summit for New England Engineering, Design, and Robotics Instructors
DescriptionJoin us at our annual summit for New England Engineering, Design, and Robotics instructors to see and demo the latest training equipment and technology, find out what skills local businesses are looking for in new employees, and connect…
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2025 Festo MecLab Redesign Team Challenge
OverviewMechatronics engineers create and improve automated processes and are sometimes tasked to create simple, cost-effective, and dependable automated processes to replace tasks that are currently being implemented manually. They research, design,…
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Stratasys on CNN: 3D Printing Takes on Manufacturing
Interested in learning more about additive manufacturing and how it’s transforming manufacturing? Listen as Andy Middleton, Executive President of Stratasys EMEA talks 3D Printing on an edition of CNN’s “Quest Means Business”!
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Diman Regional Makes History with Desktop Metal 3D Printer
On Monday December 10th, Diman Regional Technical Vocational High School made history, becoming the first secondary school in the United States equipped with its own in-house 3D metal printing system. Made by Burlington-based innovator Desktop Metal,…
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The Latest Industry News From The Folks Who Know I4.0
The newest edition of trends magazine from the global automation leaders at Festo features industry certification, the changing vocations of Industry 4.0, the cobot revolution and a spotlight on Germany’s oldest sparkling wine cellars ultramodern…
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Festo Introduces Video Tutorials for Automation Technology
  Practical video tutorials explain how users can commission Festo products or carry out simple maintenance work themselves. Pictures can say more than a 1000 words. This is especially true for moving images. Even complex issues can be clearly…
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Blackstone Valley Education Hub Celebrates Grand Opening with Ribbon Cutting
On September 18, 2018 Massachusetts’ Blackstone Valley region celebrated the long-anticipated opening of the Blackstone Valley Education Hub (BV Ed Hub) in grand fashion. The ambitious project, which has been in the works for nearly two decades,…
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We’re celebrating the start of the school year with some sweet FREE STEM resources for teachers!
You could say we’re kind of partial to school here at AET Labs. The crisp autumn New England air, fresh school supplies, and that renewed optimism towards the year’s possibilities are contagious! To celebrate we’re sharing “a few of our…
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Pathfinder Tech Achieving Success with Stratasys and GrabCAD Print
Pathfinder Regional Technical High School in Palmer, Massachusetts wanted to incorporate 3D printing into its curriculum while making the technology easy to access for all students. With the Stratasys F170 and GrabCAD Print, the school was quickly…
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AET Labs Summer Fab Lab Bootcamp Highlights
Anyone can start a CrossFit-style exercise program on their own and hope to see results. More often than not, those who go it alone lose steam and fail to progress, or even get hurt in the process. Professional training and tips from a certified…
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AET Labs’ Mark Lyons Collaborates on New Blackstone Valley Education Hub
The Stars Align for Learning Center at Linwood Mill Suddenly, significantly, amid the most oppressive heat of early summer and after years of fits and starts, arrives the refreshing news that the “Blackstone Valley Education Hub” at the Linwood…
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Siemens & Festo Didactic take aim at the manufacturing skills gap
Joint Press Release June 20, 2018 Siemens has partnered with Festo Didactic to offer the new Siemens Mechatronic Systems Certification Program (SMSCP), which will help students, instructors and learning institutions combat the skills gap in the…
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Festo Mechatronics Apprentice Program Celebrates its First Graduates
Festo Didactic, Sinclair Community College, TechSolve and five companies in the Cincinnati tri-state area (Art Metal Group, Clippard Instruments, Festo Inc., MQ Automation, Nestlé) created a two-year Mechatronics Apprenticeship Program to help…
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Creaform Launches Creaform ACADEMIA
Creaform’s New Portable 3D Measurement Solutions Designed for Research Lab and Classroom EnvironmentsWe’re happy to introduce this exciting new educational package to New England instructors! Known as Creaform Academia, this didactic suite is…
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Masconomet High School Future Engineer Interns for AET labs
AET Labs recently had the pleasure of hosting a bright young intern and budding engineer from Masconomet Regional High School here at our Essex, MA headquarters. Senior Tori LeClair came to us in early April bringing with her a sharp mind, a sweet…
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The Path to Career Readiness Through Additive Manufacturing Certification
Stratasys has teamed up with Dunwoody College of Technology to offer a certificate in Additive Manufacturing. Students learn how to how to set-up, run, maintain and calibrate 3D printers, and adapt printing techniques to traditional manufacturing…
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Celebrating Student Innovation and the Design Process @ Dig it. Fab it. Make it.
Today’s technology-driven classrooms are vastly different from those of our parents. Text books have been replaced with Chromebooks, classroom designs are flexible and modular and hands-on, project-based learning (PBL) has become the new standard…
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If you can think it, you can Dig It. Fab It. Make It!
Last week Dig It. Fab It. Make It. attendees were inspired by forward-thinking presenters, student designers and educators at the forefront of the digital fabrication movement. It’s impossible to choose one highlight so let’s break the day down:…
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AET Labs & MakerBot Experimental Extruder Workshop Recap
On March 23rd AET Labs and MakerBot introduced the new MakerBot Labs Experimental Extruder to the New England education community. Educators from Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Connecticut came together at Minuteman High School in…
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Desktop Metal Featured on the PBS NewsHour
The national program PBS NewsHour with host Miles O’Brien aired a feature on Desktop Metal.  The segment, within its “Leading Edge” profile, focused on the future of manufacturing, starting with a piece on Relativity in Los Angeles, followed…
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Can Your 3D Printer Do This?
The 3D Printing Challenge: Complex Cam & Piston Assembly Not all 3D printers are created equal, and very few have the capability to print a complete working model all in one shot. With settings at 0.010″ resolution and using ABS model material,…
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Minuteman High School Hosts Ribbon Cutting to Celebrate New Advanced Manufacturing Program
On Thursday, February 15, 2018 Minuteman High School in Lexington, MA unveiled its highly-anticipated new Advanced Manufacturing Lab to students, members of local industry and a host of invited dignitaries including Massachusetts Lt. Governor Karyn…
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