ORONO, Maine, Sept. 3 -- University of Maine issued the following news release:
The Bangor Daily News, WABI, Fox Bangor, News Center Maine, Interesting Engineering, Mainebiz and dozens of other outlets across the country featured the University of Maine's launch of 3Dirigo X, a 30-foot 3D-printed boat designed to withstand offshore conditions at speeds approaching 40 knots. The vessel demonstrates UMaine's advances in large-scale additive manufacturing and its potential applications in defense and commercial boatbuilding. "Boat building is part of our history in the state of Maine, and so it makes sense for us in the state of Maine to be leaders in the next generation of boat building. And that's what this project does. It's really taking ...