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We’ll start with maritime manufacturing in this week’s 3D Printing News Briefs, and continue on to defense 3D printing. We’ll end with funding for Tripo AI. Read on for all the details!
UMaine’s Advanced Structures & Compsites Center Launches 3D Printed Boat
University of Maine researchers launched 3Dirigo X, a high-performance 3D printed boat that’s a big step forward in taking large-scale 3D printing to practical applications. The 30-foot boat, built to handle offshore conditions at speeds close to 40 knots, was created at UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center. It builds on the university’s original 3Dirigo boat from 2019, which won three Guinness World Record awards and proved that large-scale 3D printing could be used to make a high-performance vessel. 3Dirigo X was deve