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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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Dig It. Fab It. Make It. 2018 – New England’s Premiere Fab Lab Expo for Education Commences May 3rd 2018
Educators from the Northeast are once again invited to join AET Labs and our co-hosts Stratasys and GrabCAD for this year’s Digital Fabrication Showcase at WPI. Spots are still open for students to enter the regional Extreme Redesign People’s…
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How MakerBot is enabling KUKA Robotics to make human-robot collaboration real
How MakerBot is enabling @KUKA_RoboticsEN Robotics to make human-robot collaboration real. Coming soon. pic.twitter.com/NolVAJTAoH — MakerBot (@makerbot) January 16, 2018
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Interdisciplinary Learning on Advanced Technology Strengthens STEM at Marlborough High School
Originally published by Stratasys, a global leader in applied additive manufacturing. AET Labs is happy to serve the New England education community as a Stratasys partner. High-Level Learners In 2011, Marlborough High School (MHS) in Massachusetts…
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Popular Science Names Desktop Metal Production System “2017 Best of What’s New” in Engineering
PRESS RELEASE – Popular Science Names Desktop Metal Production System “2017 Best of What’s New” in Engineering OCT 17 2017—BURLINGTON, Mass. Highlighting its speed and inkjet technology, Popular Science recognized the Desktop Metal…
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A Doctor’s Perspective on the Future of 3D Printing in Hospitals
In this first installment of our 3DP Healthcare Solutions Blog Series we take a closer look at a ground-breaking investigative trial called 3D Hearts Enabling a Randomized Trial (3DHEART). This initiative is a clinical study to better understand…
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Winners of the 2017 Stratasys Extreme Redesign Challenge Announced
This year’s Extreme Redesign Challenge saw more than 900 entries from student inventors, engineers, artists, and entrepreneurs, but it’s come time to pick the winners. We are proud to announce the winners of the Stratasys 2017 Extreme Redesign…
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CIC Boston “Medical Innovations in 3D Printing” Seminar Recap
On June 7th AET Labs, along with our partners from Stratasys, kicked off our 3DP Healthcare Solutions Series with a medical roadshow at the Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC) in the heart of Boston’s financial district. We’d like to express a…
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As Seen On This Old House: We Help Restore Historic Decorative Molding with 3D Printing
Have you ever visited a historic home and wished you could replicate a decorative element easily and inexpensively in your own home? With 3D Printing this isn’t just a whimsical idea – it’s become a reality. A ceiling medallion for your new…
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Congratulations to this Year’s Massachusetts SkillsUSA Mechatronics & Additive Manufacturing Winners!
AET Labs team had the pleasure of supporting the Mechatronics & Additive Manufacturing student competitions last Friday, held at Blackstone Regional Technical School. We are always impressed with the exemplary level of student determination,…
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5 “Life-ready” Skills You Can Learn in a Fab Lab
There’s much talk these days about how “soft skills” are growing to be just as important than academic, technical skills for career success. The beauty of learning in a Fab Lab? You’ll acquire both! Here are five important “life-ready”…
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Thanks to All Who Participated in this Year’s Extreme Redesign Challenge & Digital Fabrication Showcase!
AET Labs would like to express our wholehearted appreciation to all who attended this year’s Extreme Redesign Challenge: New England Semifinals and Digital Fabrication Showcase – especially in view of our “Extreme” weather reschedule!  To…
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Why Encouraging Students to Fail is the Best Trend in Education 
And how 3D printing can help STEAM students to learn from their mistakes. Persistence. Resilience. Flexibility. These are the current buzzwords in education, and they particularly complement the STEAM education model. Fact based learning and leading…
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Highlights from AET’s MakerBot Post Processing Workshop for STEM Instructors
How do you take a basic 3D print and turn it into a lesson on advanced manufacturing, prototyping, & production concepts? Better yet, one that is easily replicated by students as young as middle school? That’s the question some New England tech…
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GrabCAD & AET Labs co-host “How to 3D Print” Meetup at UML Innovation Hub
AET Labs had the pleasure of co-sponsoring the “How to 3D Print” meetup hosted at the UML Innovation Hub on Thursday, January 26th. Shuvom Ghose of GrabCAD shared an insightful presentation to a crowd of enthusiastic students, teachers, and…
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Design 2020 Helps Young Designers Reimagine Product Concepts with 3D Printing
Here’s some inspiration for our local Extreme Redesign 3D Printing Challenge participants direct from Stratasys! Today’s design students will be tomorrow’s engineers, and to help prepare them for their future challenges, Silicon Valley-based…
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Brazilian Air Force Tests 3D Printed Aircraft Prototypes for Flight Readiness with Stratasys Solutions
  The Brazilian Air Force’s Institute of Advanced Studies (IEAv), in operation since 1985, has added FDM 3D printing technology, a Stratasys Fortus 900mc Production 3D Printer, to its capabilities for use in its Aerothermodynamics and…
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13th Annual Extreme Redesign Challenge
Remake your world and win $2500 Every year, we call upon tomorrow’s engineers, artists and entrepreneurs to design a better future. We’re accepting entries for the 2017 Extreme Redesign Challenge now through March 9, 2017.   The Challenge-…
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3D Food Printing: Culinary Future?
In our last post, we mentioned that one of the innovations of a 3D printer is its ability to create food. Though in the infancy stages, is it possible that 3D printing will be the next big thing in the food world, with numerous positive benefits for…
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How to Create a 3D Printed Lithophane
Education 3D Print Your Own Lithophanes: Stratasys Education Series Class Project 22 hours ago Mac Cameron 0 Lithophanes have been around for centuries. These unique molded pieces of art are most often created in porcelain in such a way that to…
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Regulations of 3D Printed Medical Products in Hospitals Evolving
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