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The Badge Challenge Blog Series: Part Four
The Badge Challenge Blog Series: Part Four

(If you missed some of the adventure, or just want a recap - catch up with Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3!)With the Smart Badges fresh off development, our team headed to #MEDICA2023 in Germany! Talk about an exciting debut for our newest gadget. This Nifty Name Tag was...

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The Badge Challenge Blog Series: Part Three
The Badge Challenge Blog Series: Part Three

(Catch up with Part One and Part Two first!) Welcome back, makers and innovators! This is part 3 of our Badge Challenge blog series, detailing the development of our Root3 Labs "Smart Badge". We've already explored the early design process and fabrication journey, but...

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The Badge Challenge Blog Series: Part Two
The Badge Challenge Blog Series: Part Two

If you missed Part 1 of the Badge Challenge, check it out here! Negotiating design details is always tricky, but especially when the electrical and mechanical teams have different priorities. But with this project, our small crew defied the odds with a collaborative...

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The Badge Challenge Blog Series: Part One
The Badge Challenge Blog Series: Part One

Continue with Part Two here! Picture this: a sleek, futuristic name badge that reads your pulse, displays dynamic information, and connects you to your peers. That’s not science fiction – it’s the brainchild of Root3 Labs’ engineering team, and it came to life in just...

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Multi-Material 3D-Printing
Multi-Material 3D-Printing

Last year Root3 Labs experimented with multi-material 3D-printing to deliver prototypes that simulated a button and gasket that would be overmolded in production. We were very happy with the results and our client was quite pleased that we were able to quickly iterate...

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June 10th Events
June 10th Events

Some cool events coming up this week. We're hosting tables at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institute symposium titled, "New Frontiers in 3D Printing" in Baltimore, MD and a TechBreakfast with NASA: Technology from Out of This World in Greenbelt, MD. We'd love to have you...

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3D Printed Parts in Product Design
3D Printed Parts in Product Design

At a recent 3D Maryland “3D Innovators Group” event, I presented a few short case studies of recent projects to describe how I’ve used 3D printing as both a tool to evaluate a design and as a finished demonstration prototype.

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National Capital Consortium for Pediatric Device Innovation
National Capital Consortium for Pediatric Device Innovation

Root3 Labs&#8480 is excited to be part of the new National Capital Consortium for Pediatric Device Innovation (NCC-PDI), formed through a $3.5 million award over 5 years from the FDA to the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation at Children’s National Medical Center.

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