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Can we 3D print a better face mask?

Vox

How 3D printing can help mitigate PPE supply shortages in future pandemics. As the country waited for US manufacturers to scale up PPE production and for supply chains to stabilize, a fascinating stopgap solution emerged: 3D printing. That’s where 3D printing came in. Christina Animashaun/Vox. The Wild West of PPE”.

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Tech Moves: SoundCommerce vet launches startup; Microsoft Federal leader departs; and more

GeekWire

After selling her startup OwnTrail, Seattle tech vet Rebekah Bastian joined Seattle 3D printer maker Glowforge as senior vice president of product. SeaCiti, a nonprofit of the Washington Technology Industry Association that aims to help tech workers create local impact, hired Terrence Stevenson as director.

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Birdhouse maker with an eye for Apple design ready to take flight with appearance on ‘Shark Tank’

GeekWire

Gray has dedicated a floor of his house in South Seattle to production of The Peep Show, where a series of high-end consumer-grade 3D printers are running 24/7. The Peep Show Photo) Along the way, Gray was teamed with a mentor from SCORE , a Seattle nonprofit that helps small business owners get started.

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X-ray vision in the warehouse: ThruWave raises $6.4M to help online retailers see through packages

GeekWire

ThruWave’s sensors mount alongside conveyor belts and make 3D images of the items inside via antennas and what the company calls “compressive sensing.” ThruWave is also working with In-Q-Tel, a nonprofit investor for U.S. government agencies, to use its packing screening technology for national security applications.

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Tech Moves: AWS product head joins Faculty; Bezos Earth Fund hires BlackRock leader; and more

GeekWire

He was also founder and CEO of i3D, which enhanced the interconnectivity of web platforms with the virtual 3D world of the product Second Life, and was an engineer at Redmond, Wash.-based Bodnar was previously chief strategy officer at the nonprofit Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), where he founded its Center for Climate-Aligned Finance.

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‘Most unusual and difficult year of my life’: Personal and pandemic struggles aside, Bill Gates is hopeful

GeekWire

“The private sector is playing a central and necessary role alongside governments and nonprofits.” One of his predictions for workplace technology, especially as it relates to virtual meetings will be a move away from 2D camera image grids to the metaverse and a 3D space with digital avatars. GeekWire Photo).

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Tech Moves: Hiya adds startup vets; Bellevue College taps former governor as interim president; and more

GeekWire

3D content platform Unity Technologies appointed Scott Pitasky as chief people officer. He recently joined the board of nonprofit research organization The Allen Institute. Novak most recently was VP of product marketing at Bellevue, Wash.-based based Apptio for more than 10 years.