TRUMPF has signed an agreement to divest its metal additive manufacturing business. Wabtec is spending more than $2 billion dollars to acquire two photonics companies focused on sensing and inspecting. A new alloy from Allvar could help NASA scientists find the next habitable planet beyond our solar system. Researchers from MIT and the University of Texas at Austin, have created a chip-based 3D printer the size of a quarter. And in an effort to make medical devices more accurate for all skin tones, researchers from Brown University and Morgan State University have created a smart phone system to improve readings in pulse oximetry.
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