Auteur Christian Brand Associate Professor in Transport, Energy & Environment, Transport Studies Unit, University of Oxford Dclaration dintrtsChristian Brand received funding for this work from the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme via the 'Physical Activity through Sustainable Transport Approaches' project and UK Research and Innovation via the Centre for Research on Energy Demand Solutions and the UK Energy Research Centre. PartenairesUniversity of Oxford apporte un financement en tant que membre adhrent de TheConversation UK.Voir les partenaires de TheConversation FranceLanguesGlobally, only one in 50 new cars were fully electric in 2020, and one in 14 in the UK. Sounds impressive, but even if all new cars were electric now, it would still take 15-20 years to replace the worlds fossil fuel car fleet. The emission savings from replacing all those internal combustion engines with zero-carbon alternatives will not feed in fast enough to make the necessary difference in the time we can spare: the next five years. Tackling the climate and air pollution crises requires curbing all motorised transport, particularly private cars, as quickly as possible. Focusing solely on electric vehicles is slowing down the race to zero emissions. This is partly because electric cars arent truly zero-carbon mining the raw materials for their batteries, manufacturing them and generating the electricity they run on produces emissions. Transport is one of the most challenging sectors to decarbonise due to its heavy fossil fuel use and reliance on carbon-intensive infrastructure such as roads, airports and the vehicles themselves and the way it embeds car-dependent lifestyles. One way to reduce transport emissions relatively quickly, and potentially globally, is to swap cars for cycling, e-biking and walking active travel, as its called. Temporary bike lanes have popped up in cities around the world during the pandemic.Texturemaster/ShutterstockActive travel is cheaper, healthier, better for the environment, and no slower on congested urban streets. So how much carbon can it save on a daily basis? And what is its role in reducing emissions from transport overall? In new research, colleagues and I reveal that people who walk or cycle have lower carbon footprints from daily travel, including in cities where lots of people are already doing this. Despite the fact that some walking and cycling happens on top of motorised journeys instead of replacing them, more people switching to active travel would equate to lower carbon emissions from transport on a daily and trip-by-trip basis.What a difference a trip makesWe observed around 4,000 people living in London, Antwerp, Barcelona, Vienna, Orebro, Rome and Zurich. Over a two-year period, our participants completed 10,000 travel diary entries which served as records of all the trips they made each day, whether going to work by train, taking the kids to school by car or riding the bus into town. For each trip, we calculated the carbon footprint.Strikingly, people who cycled on a daily basis had 84% lower carbon emissions from all their daily travel than those who didnt. We also found that the average person who shifted from car to bike for just one day a week cut their carbon footprint by 3.2kg of CO equivalent to the emissions from driving a car for 10km, eating a serving of lamb or chocolate, or sending 800 emails. When we compared the life cycle of each travel mode, taking into account the carbon generated by making the vehicle, fuelling it and disposing of it, we found that emissions from cycling can be more than 30 times lower for each trip than driving a fossil fuel car, and about ten times lower than driving an electric one. Driving an electric vehicle is only as green as the energy supply.I Wei Huang/ShutterstockWe also estimate that urban residents who switched from driving to cycling for just one trip per day reduced their carbon footprint by about half a tonne of CO over the course of a year, and save the equivalent emissions of a one-way flight from London to New York. If just one in five urban residents permanently changed their travel behaviour in this way over the next few years, we estimate it would cut emissions from all car travel in Europe by about 8%. Nearly half of the fall in daily carbon emissions during global lockdowns in 2020 came from reductions in transport emissions. The pandemic forced countries around the world to adapt to reduce the spread of the virus. In the UK, walking and cycling have been the big winners, with a 20% rise in people walking regularly, and cycling levels increasing by 9% on weekdays and 58% on weekends compared to pre-pandemic levels. This is despite cycle commuters being very likely to work from home.Active travel has offered an alternative to cars that keeps social distancing intact. It has helped people to stay safe during the pandemic and it could help reduce emissions as confinement is eased, particularly as the high prices of some electric vehicles are likely to put many potential buyers off for now.So the race is on. Active travel can contribute to tackling the climate emergency earlier than electric vehicles while also providing affordable, reliable, clean, healthy and congestion-busting transportation.

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Bunky DunkoPeak Star Wars might be back: the entire 'Major Tom' cover with Huttese lyrics from Skeleton Crew has droppedThe Glup Shitto side of the Star Wars galaxy expands.Image credit: Lucasfilm/Disney+ News by Fran Ruiz Contributor Published on Dec. 5, 2024 Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, the franchise's latest Disney+ show, had its two-episode premiere earlier this week, and so far, it's gone over well with most critics and fans. It's also a return to uncomplicated, swashbuckling Star Wars adventures full of puppets and cool costumes and all that jazz which gives the galaxy more colour and texture.Now, we've also received the full in-universe song (at least I hope it's used) that was featured in the main trailer of the series: a Huttese cover of Peter Schilling's 'Major Tom' (lyrics included).To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Mind you, Star Wars has never shied away from its weirder, more alien side, as it's very much a key part of its core DNA, but with recent Star Wars shows mostly focusing on high-stakes storylines and more serious characters, Skeleton Crew's far looser tone is sort of a golden opportunity to just have a blast inside the sandbox without having to tie into larger narratives. Think of the silliest Tatooine bits of The Phantom Menace, A New Hope, and Return of the Jedi turned into a whole show, but following Amblin kids who are lost.This sort of energy was already fully embraced earlier this year by Star Wars Outlaws, a game that's at its best when it's all about running into shady individuals and soaking up the chill vibes of cantinas and locales full of everyday people and criminals. While the first episode of the show takes a while to get going and focuses on a peaceful world, episode two has all the pirates and slimy types you'd want and then some, and I hope the rest of the season keeps that up.Anyway, you can watch/listen to the entire song, titled 'Youngee Wim (Bunky Dunko)' below:As you can see, Lucasfilm and whoever worked on this song were fully committed to the bit here, with the Huttese lyrics actually telling a story which has nothing to do with 'Major Tom' beyond following the same structure and using the same music. It's creative, really, and the sort of stuff that perfectly fits the '80s vibes that series co-creators Jon Watts and Christopher Ford were going for. By the way, it appears that "Bunky Dunko" means "home" in Huttese."Bunky Dunko" and "Jee Jee At Attin Haspivaka" are also genuinely funny phrases whether you're a Star Wars fan or not, the sort of really goofy stuff that makes Star Wars feel 100% like Star Wars. Like the Disney-era output of movies and shows or not, it's hard to argue with a straight face that the franchise has lost sight of what it's always been. We can discuss the quality of the writing and uneven production values all day long, but the vibes and the setting continue to be immaculate!

New CyberginningsCyberpunk 2077 just got a whole new intro and backstory option that'll let V relate to both big biz types and Panam's mates, thanks to a modderA path for the folks who wish they'd lived a bit more of a complex life before being infected with the Keanu Reeves virus.Image credit: CD Projekt/Deceptious News by Mark Warren Senior Staff Writer Published on Dec. 5, 2024 If you've played plenty of Cyberpunk 2077, odds are you've given all three of the initial backstories the game offers V - corpo, nomad, and streetkid - a whirl. Well, thanks to a mod, there's now a fresh fourth option for you to try out, complete with its own new intro sequence.Yep, while The Witcher 3's modding community has been creating and trying out lots of advanced modding ideas this year amid the wait for The Witcher 4, with help from the REDkit tools CD Projekt put out for Geralt's adventure, Cyberpunk modders are also pushing the limits of what they can do with the studio's other big RPG.To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Enter modder Deceptious's 'New Lifepath Intro - Fresh Start'. It's a highly complex work that adds a whole new backstory option and therefore beginning to a game that historically been difficult to do things kind of thing with - even stuff like small custom quests took a lot of work, and are still pretty rare.The mod's new backstory is one that basically allows you to combine a bit of two existing ones, casting V as "both an ex-corpo and ex-nomad, returning to Night City". As such, instead of starting off working at Arasaka, chilling at El Coyote Cojo, or joyriding through the badlands, your adventure will begin with a prologue seqeunce of you hopping off a plane in NC's Orbital Air terminal. To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Main story characters Jackie, Misty, and Vik all play roles in this new intro mission, which then feeds into the default motage sequence of you and Jackie working your way through jobs until you get roped into a certain Konpeki Plaza heist, and the game really gets going. Since your character's been both a corpo and nomad, they'll have access to both of those lifepaths' unique chioces and dialogue options throughout the game, though obviously you'll be able to decide which of them you actually pick when the time comes.Deceptions has been working on this mod for a good while, regularly showcasing their progress on social media, so I'd definitely recommend checking out their Twitter feed if you're interested in what developing something this complicated for Cyberpunk is like. Also, if you give the mod a go, you might run into a few teething issues by the looks of the comments section, but I'd say that's to be expected with a mod of this nature that's only just been released.In other recent CD Projekt-themed news, the studio has recently chatted about REDengine not being the route of Cyberpunk's launch issues, and I had a pretty fun time messing about with this Witcher 3 mod that turns Geralt into a centaur.

Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube787kBrace yourselves, folks, and prepare to splash some cash. The Pokmon Company has announced that the pop-up Pokmon Center will be returning to the 2025 Pokmon Europe International Championships in London.The store will be open throughout the event at the ExCel London from 21st-23rd February 2025. We don't know exactly what to expect from the product line-up this year The Pokmon Company teased on Twitter that more information is "coming soon" but we'd imagine there will be a collection of Championship exclusives alongside the usual Pokmon Center goodies.Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube787kWatch on YouTube We also don't have any indication of whether the pop-up will adopt a ticket-reservation system as we saw in previous years though, again, we'd have to imagine that the online bookings will make a return. Last year, these slots filled up fast, so be sure to keep an eye on the @PokemonNewsUK social channels and any posts here on Nintendo Life for news of when you can bagsy a slot.Last year's London pop-up came with an expansive line of exclusive merch, including clothing, pins, stationery items, card boxes and more. The Pokmon Company also installed purchase limits on some of the more sought-after items in an attempt to keep any pesky scalpers in their place.You can find a full rundown of last year's event below, and keep an eye out for more news on bookings and exclusive merchandise over the coming months. Please don't catch 'em allWhat a Blast(oise)I choose you!Will you be popping into the London pop-up next year? Let us know in the comments.[source x.com]See AlsoShare:00 Jim came to Nintendo Life in 2022 and, despite his insistence that The Minish Cap is the best Zelda game and his unwavering love for the Star Wars prequels (yes, really), he has continued to write news and features on the site ever since. Hold on there, you need to login to post a comment...Related Articles62 Switch Games You Should Pick Up In Nintendo's Black Friday Sale (Europe)Every Switch game on sale that we rated 9/10+Pokmon TV Is Making Its Grand Return As An Official YouTube ChannelHosting episodes of the anime starting this monthUK Charts: Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake Crashes Out Of The Top 40Y'all got no taste, or what?Pokmon TCG Pocket: Pikachu EX Deck GuideA shocking way to playPokmon TCG Pocket: Mewtwo EX Deck GuideThis deck will cause real-life psychic damage to your opponents

"They live in their Own Private Idaho".As the video game market continues to evolve there's once again talk about the viability of console gaming. In the same interview with Eurogamer, ex-PlayStation boss Shawn Layden shared his thoughts about this topic.While he has raised alarm about the whole "Xbox versus PlayStation" console market and believes it's important to question the purpose of these systems going forward, in terms of Nintendo's future, Layden seemingly doesn't appear to be quite as concerned. As he puts it, Nintendo operates within its "Own Private Idaho" nowadays:Read the full article on nintendolife.com

A programmer said the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) installed spyware on his Android phone after he was detained in Moscow earlier this year. Security researchers confirmed that his phone had spyware installed, likely when the authorities had physical access to his phone and had forced him to give up his passcode.For the programmer Kirill Parubets, it was a terrifying and traumatic ordeal. But thanks to his computer expertise and vigilance, his story offers a rare first-hand account of Russian authorities deploying spyware on one of its citizens not by using a technically advanced remote hacking attack, but with a more crude approach.Parubets is a Russian systems analyst who identifies as having Ukrainian heritage, calls himself an opposition political activist, and has lived in Ukraine since 2020. Parubets says he has volunteered and given financial and humanitarian aid to Ukrainians after Russias full-scale invasion in 2022.Parubets said he and his wife travelled back to Russia in 2023 to deal with some paperwork, as they were trying to get Moldovan citizenship, which would have allowed them to remain in Ukraine.On April 18, 2024, six FSB agents armed with machine guns burst into Parubets and his wifes apartment in Moscow at around 6:30 in the morning. They threw us to the floor, they dragged my wife into a small room, I was lying in the hallway. They didnt let us get dressed, according to his recollection of the events, which Parubets wrote in a document he shared with TechCrunch.The agents asked him about transfers of money to Ukrainians, as well as about a friend of Parubets, whom he calls using the nickname Ivan Ivanov. (Parubets says he changed Ivans name to protect him.)Whats your fking password? one of the agents asked Parubets when they picked up his Android phone, according to his recollection of the events. Intimidated, Parubets said he gave away its password.On the same day, Parubets said he and his wife were arrested and sentenced to 15 days of administrative arrest. While in detainment, where he said he was also beaten, Parubets said FSB officers visited him and asked about his volunteer activities and donations in Ukraine, as well as donations he made in the name of his friend Ivanov, which they claimed could be classified as treason. Then the FSB officers, according to Parubets, asked him to spy on Ivanov, whom they said had communicated with Ukraines Special Services.They threatened me and said that they would put me and my wife in prison for life if I did not provide them with assistance, said Parubets.Thats why Parubets said he decided to tell the agents he would agree to help them, even though he was not actually planning to do it.Then, on May 3, Parubets said he and his wife were released and he went to get their belongings back, including his Android phone. Parubets said he shortly after noticed a strange notification that said Arm cortex vx3 synchronization, then disappeared and rebooted the phone.At that point Parubets, who has an interest in cybersecurity, said he inspected his phone and found a suspicious app that had several permissions granted access to a trove of personal data on the phone. At that point, Parubets said he reached out to First Department, a legal assistance organization. The organization in turn reached out to Citizen Lab, a security research and internet watchdog at the University of Toronto, to analyze the suspicious app.According to a new Citizen Lab report out Thursday, authored by Cooper Quintin, Rebekah Brown, and John Scott-Railton, the app was indeed spyware.The researchers said that the suspicious app identified by Parubets appeared to be a trojanized version of the genuine Cube Call Recorder application, a legitimate call recorder app.According to the report, the fake app was able to access location information, read and send text messages, install other applications, read the calendar, take screenshots and record from the video camera, see a list of other applications, answer phone calls, and view user account details all permissions that the real Cube Call Recorder does not have.The developers of Cube Call Recorder did not respond to a request for comment.Technical experts at First Department, as well as Citizen Lab, believe the spyware is a new version of a malware called Monokle, based on several similarities that the spyware used against Parubets has compared to a previous version of the malware. Monokle was analyzed in 2019 by cybersecurity firm Lookout. At the time, Lookout concluded that Monokle was developed by Special Technology Centre, a St. Petersburg company that has been sanctioned by the U.S. government and other countries for providing technological assistance to the Russian government in its spying activities.The Russian Embassy in Washington DC, as well as the press office of the Russian government, did not respond to a request for comment. Neither did the sanctioned Special Technology Centre.For Quintin, one of the researchers who analyzed the malware, judging from the functionalities of the spyware found on Parubets phone, as well as the previous version analyzed by Lookout, this malware has been professionally crafted over a number of years.Quintin said that Parubets story is a reminder that spyware attacks dont have to be performed for afar, like those done with spyware made by NSO Group, for example.People spend a lot of time thinking about zero-click exploits and zero-day attacks but tend to forget that someone with physical access to your phone who can compel you to unlock it with violence or the threat of violence is just as likely of a risk, Quintin told TechCrunch.In the report, Quintin and his colleagues concluded that any person whose device was confiscated by a security service should assume that the device can no longer be trusted.Dmitry Zair-Bek, the head of the First Department human rights project, called out the Russian government and warned that what happened to Parubets may happen to others.We have expected that something similar to the case of Kirill Parubets might begin to happen just because this perfectly aligns with the logic of Russian special services. The scale of the repression is truly terrifying, and a major issue is that there are no longer any red lines of what is permissible, Zair-Bek told TechCrunch. In addition to Ukrainians, citizens of Western countries visiting Russia are in a particularly high-risk group. They are a tempting target for recruitment and potential imprisonment as hostages.After being released, Parubets said he and his wife have left Russia. In an ironic twist, his spyware-ridden phone may have helped him escape, as he left it back in Moscow.I needed to pretend I am still in Moscow, Parubets said. To win some time.

In BriefPosted:8:49 PM PST December 4, 2024Image Credits:Bryce Durbin / TechCrunchBitcoin zooms past $100,000 mark for the first timeBitcoin prices have been on the rise this year and the cryptocurrency has reached the $100,000 price point for the first time on Wednesday.The cryptocurrencys price has jumped more than 5% in the last 24 hours. The latest rally began with the election of Donald Trump as president, as he promised a more crypto-friendly regime than current president Joe Biden. On Wednesday, Trump selected Paul Atkins, a crypto proponent, as the chairman for the the Securities and Exchange Commission.Under Biden, the Securities and Exchange Commission has taken legal action against crypto exchanges like Coinbase, claiming that some crypto tokens sold through the platforms were actually unregistered securities. The crypto industry donated $245 million during the election cycle, according to CNBC.Reuters reported that because of Trumps pro-crypto stance, small businesses are shifting some of their investments from cash to crypto.Bitcoins price has jumped about 50% since election day, and is up more than 100% for the year overall.Topics

Researchers from the Technical University of Munichs (TUM) Institute for Machine Tools and Industrial Management have developed ReAM250, a new open-source metal 3D printer.The reAM250 project allows researchers and other organizations to build their own laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) 3D printers. It hopes this will slash R&D costs and help streamline the development of process monitoring and control for metal additive manufacturing.The Software, CAD files, circuit diagrams, IO lists, and documentation required to build and operate the 3D printer are freely available on the reAM250 GitHub page. 3D design software firm Autodesk and laser beam deflection technology developer RAYLASE have joined the initiative. They provide the open-source software and critical laser controller hardware needed to build the metal LPBF system.The self-made 3D printer facilitates the integration of sensors, while open-source software provides full control over 3D printing process parameters. All resources have been licensed under a permissive BSD license. Therefore, industrial reuse is encouraged, even for proprietary commercial developments.David Wenzler, a Research Assistant at TUMs Additive Manufacturing Department, led the development of the reAM250 system. The team at TUM published the underlying research and specifications of this open-source metal 3D printer in the open-access Procedia CIRP journal.Featured image shows the ReAM250 open-source metal 3D printer. Image via Technical University of Munich.How to build your own LPBF 3D printerAccording to the TUM team, the adoption of industrial LPBF 3D printers has been stunted by part reproducibility challenges and costly quality assurance. Research in 3D printing process monitoring and control is needed to overcome these challenges.However, the restrictive high costs of commercial LPBF 3D printers and software mean many institutions must build their own systems. New researchers are often put off by this processs complexity and high implementation effort, while the lack of standardization inhibits the transferability of results.To overcome these barriers, TUM set out to create an easily adaptable and self-made open-source platform for LPBF 3D printing research. The resulting 3D printer, reAM250, reportedly offers high modularity as well as the easy integration and adaption of process monitoring systems.The 3D printers modular build chamber and z-axis provide a 250 mm x 250 mm x 250 mm build volume. Additionally, a shielding gas flow system and a vacuum pump allow users to create tailored process atmospheres. A non-contact powder recoater prevents collisions with 3D printer parts, while sensors can be integrated for in-axis and off-axis process monitoring. The DIY metal 3D printer features an open-source, open-architecture framework. This allows the integration of hardware from different manufacturers. The 3D printers hardware and architecture can be constructed using off-the-shelf components, reducing R&D requirements and costs.Key components of the ReAM250 3D printer. Image via Autodesk.The reAM250 features an AFX-1000 laser from nLight, which offers laser beam-shaping capabilities. This programable high-power fiber laser can switch between seven single-mode Gaussian and multi-mode ring laser beam geometries. These novel donut-shaped profiles improve melt pool stability and reduce soot and spatter to improve material quality and production yields.RAYLASE offers its P-ICE 3 scan controller card and AM-MODULE-III beam deflection unit through the open-source project. These integrate into the reAM250 system to optimize laser control and address beam deflection synchronization issues. When using the RAYLASE scanner system at a working distance of 541 mm, the 3D printer achieves a spot diameter of approximately 130 m in single mode and 240 m when using ring-shaped profiles.RAYLASE AM-MODULE-III (left) and SP-ICE 3 scan controller card. Image via Autodesk.Autodesks open-source softwareOn the software side, the reAM250 is controlled by the Autodesk Machine Control Framework (AMCF). This open-source software can be downloaded for free on the reAM250 GitHub page. It allows users to integrate third-party hardware, facilitating the 3D printers open-architecture compatibility.AMCF controls the 3D printing process and communicates with hardware through smaller control systems. These smaller systems manage specific hardware components, including a programmable logic controller (PLC), the scan controller card, and sensors. A dedicated PLC software, based on B&R Industrial Automations Automation Studio, is also provided. This connects and operates all actuators and sensors within the 3D printer.Autodesks proprietary data preparation, toolpath and CAM platforms are compatible with the reAM250. The companys offering spans in-CAD design, parametric support structure generation, slicing, toolpath processing, predictive metal process simulation, and power optimization.The reAM250s open-source AMCF software stack can connect the Autodesk Ecosystem (including Autodesk Netfabb and Autodesk Fusion) with the RAYLASE Scan Controller API. It transfers process settings from the design software (CAD) to the scan controller cards and its connected laser deflection units. This complies with the 3MF open industry standard and reportedly ensures smooth data transfer without any loss.ReAM250 CAD file in Autodesk Fusion. Image via Autodesk.Developments in open-source 3D printingOpen-source thinking remains quite novel in the metal additive manufacturing space. However, this philosophy was central to many desktop FDM 3D printing pioneers. Dr. Adrian Bowyers open-source-driven RepRap project inspired many of these 3D printing players, including Prusa Research, Aleph Objects with its open-source LulzBot 3D printer, UltiMaker, and MakerBot. 3D printing software platforms like Marlin Firmware, Slic3r, and Cura also foster an open-source philosophy, driven by Dr. Bowyers early initiatives.The RepRap and wider desktop 3D printing community strongly believe that the free collaboration, development and DIY ethos of open-source was critical to the growth of desktop 3D printing technology. They also view open source as vital to democratizing 3D printing, making the technology accessible to everyone.Some of these early open-source players have had mixed fortunes. Bre Pettis drew extensive criticism after transitioning MakerBot to closed-source hardware. The company has since merged with Ultimaker, which faced backlash in 2017 after patenting the Active Bed Leveling technology inside the UltiMaker 3 series. Elsewhere, Aleph Objects was acquired by Fargo Additive Manufacturing Equipment (FAME 3D) in 2019,Despite this, open source remains a firm pillar of desktop 3D printing. Prusa, now a leading 3D printer manufacturer, continues to advocate for open-source 3D printing. The company has repeatedly asserted that it will always remain open source and never patent its technology.LDO Motors, a Chinese electric motor manufacturer, is a prominent producer of DIY 3D printers. The companys Voron kits allow consumers to build their own high-speed, high-quality open-source 3D printers.Earlier this year, LDO released its Millennium Mill Milo v1.5 open-source CNC mill kit from Millennium Machines. This system can be constructed using sourceable and 3D printable components. Links to materials, parts, 3D printing files, tool libraries, and assembly instructions are available for free on the projects GitHub page.All the news from Formnext 2024.Who are the leaders in additive manufacturing? Vote now in the 2024 3D Printing Industry Awards!What does the future of 3D printing hold?What near-term 3D printing trends have been highlighted by industry experts?Subscribe to the 3D Printing Industry newsletter to keep up with the latest 3D printing news.You can also follow us on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and subscribe to the 3D Printing Industry Youtube channel to access more exclusive content.Featured image shows the ReAM250 open-source metal 3D printer. Image via Technical University of Munich.

Materialise, a global leader in 3D printing software and services, has introduced significant software updates and forged key partnerships to enhance customization in 3D printing operations. Announced recently, these enhancements enable users to develop tailored workflows within Magics software, safeguard intellectual property of component designs, and produce high-performance geometries. Additionally, Materialise has partnered with HP, a prominent technology company, to mitigate CO emissions by utilizing carbon-reduced PA 12 materials.3D printing is evolving from a focus on technology innovation to becoming an essential tool in industrial applications, said Udo Eberlein, Vice President of Materialise Software. The next phase is about empowering users to adapt this technology to their specific manufacturing needs. With our latest updates, were providing the tools and flexibility to help them meet these unique requirements. This Power to the People approach underscores our commitment to enabling manufacturers to achieve precise, impactful results in their production workflows.Additive manufacturing is increasingly integrated into production lines for mass customization and end-use production across sectors such as MedTech, aerospace, and consumer goods. To support optimization efforts, Materialise has released the Software Development Kit (SDK) for Magics, its premier software for data and build preparation. This release allows manufacturers to create custom workflows using Python and C++ scripts, optimizing parameters like quality and printing time to meet specific production requirements.Import implicit design files seamlessly with Materialise Magics. Photo via Materialise.Weve seen tremendous potential for businesses to optimize their workflows with the Magics SDK, enabling enhanced manufacturing processes and substantial improvements in ROI, said Egwin Bovyn, Product Line Manager for Magics 3D Print Suite. At Materialise, weve customized our SDK to optimize data and build preparation in our own manufacturing operations. By sharing our algorithms via Python code, we enable the automation of data and build preparation at scale. These advanced automation tools empower manufacturing service providers by ensuring our technology meets their individual needs.Sustainability Initiatives Reduce CO Emissions in ManufacturingSustainability remains a core focus for Materialise. The company has transitioned to renewable electricity across its production sites, reducing over 4,000 tonnes of CO annually. Collaborations with suppliers like HP are pivotal in further lowering the environmental impact of 3D printing materials. Earlier this year, Materialise began using carbon-reduced PA 12 for Multi Jet Fusion (MJF) processes, with plans to extend this to Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) PA 12 by early 2025, potentially reducing their carbon footprint by over 700 tonnes each year.In 2023, Materialise launched its CO-AM platform, a cloud-based software solution designed to manage and optimize the entire additive manufacturing process. This platform offers tools for planning, scheduling, and monitoring production, reflecting the companys dedication to providing comprehensive solutions for industrial 3D printing operations. Additionally, anexpanded partnership with Siemens, a global technology powerhouse, aims to integrate additive manufacturing into digital factory environments, enhancing efficiency and scalability for industrial users.High-quality label placement in Materialise Magics. Photo via Materialise.New 3D Software Innovative SolutionsRoboze, a metal 3D printing company, launched SlizeR software in 2024 to boost AM efficiency and quality. SlizeR optimizes production workflows by reducing transition times from 3D models to R-code, enhancing print quality, and minimizing material waste. The software was introduced at Formnext 2024 and is designed to support Robozes manufacturing solutions.3iD, a Belgian 3D printing service provider, became the first to adopt AMIS Pro software for HP Multi Jet Fusion (MJF) 3D printers in early 2024. Developed by AMIS, a subsidiary of HYBRID Software, AMIS Pro facilitates batch preparation and optimizes print parameters. The software allows 3iD to achieve higher nesting densities and reduce cost-per-part, enhancing the efficiency of their MJF 3D printing processes.A batch of parts ready for 3D printing on AMIS Pro. Image via AMIS.Your voice matters in the 2024 3D Printing Industry Awards. Vote Now!What will the future of 3D printing look like?Which recent trends are driving the 3D printing industry, as highlighted by experts?Subscribe to the 3D Printing Industry newsletter to stay updated with the latest news and insights.Stay connected with the latest in 3D printing by following us on Twitter and Facebook, and dont forget to subscribe to the 3D Printing Industry YouTube channel for more exclusive content.Featured image shows High-quality label placement in Materialise Magics. Photo via Materialise.