News and Media
Links and news about my work and activities
Over the years, my work on circular materials, open-source hardware, and distributed additive manufacturing has been covered by academic, industry, and general press, from specialized outlets to national newspapers.
I have also had the chance to share this work directly through interviews and video features. Take a look (or a listen) below!
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2026
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- 📰 MRS Bulletin Postdoctoral Publication Prize · MRS Bulletin, Springer, September 2026.
- 📰 3D Printing Phase-Change Thermal Batteries · Forbes, September 2026. Reposted by Yahoo!News.
- 📰 Finally A Solution To Water Bottle Recycling That Gets You Money · Forbes, September 2026. Reposted by Yahoo!Tech.
- 📰 Western University Uses AI to Predict Ear Growth and 3D Print Earmolds · 3D Printing Industry, April 2026.
- 📰 AI-Driven Medical Manufacturing: AI Predicts Growth to Produce Custom Hearing Devices in Advance · Trend Hunter, April 2026.
- 📰 Western University Uses AI and 3D Printing to Keep Pace With Children's Growing Ears · 3Dprinting.com, April 2026.
- 📰 Western reshapes children's hearing care with custom AI-driven earmolds · Education News Canada, April 2026.
- 📰 Western University's ALLEars project uses AI and 3D printing to produce predictive custom earmolds for children · VoxelMatters, April 2026.
- 📰 Game-changing technology may be on the horizon for children with disabling hearing loss · The Globe and Mail, April 2026.
- 📰🎥 Western reshapes children's hearing care with custom AI-driven earmolds · Western University News, April 2026.
- 📰 AI-Powered Earmolds Aim to Revolutionize Pediatric Hearing Care · National Today, April 2026.
- 📰 AI Earmolds Revolutionize Kids' Hearing at Western · Mirage News, April 2026.
- 📰 Western reshapes children's hearing care with custom AI-driven earmolds (wire) · MyScience.ca, April 2026.
- 📰 ALLEars: AI and 3D Printing to Proactively Manufacture Earmolds for Children (ALLEars: KI und 3D-Druck sollen Otoplastiken für Kinder vorausschauend fertigen) · 3Druck.com (DE), April 2026.
- 🎙️🎥 LAUDS Interviews - Alessia Romani · LAUDS Factories, March 2026. (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19047092)
- 📰 Designs Travel Award — Winner Announced · MDPI / Designs, March 2026.
- 📰 How 3D Printing is Transforming Water Infrastructure · 3D Natives, January 2026.
2025-2021
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- 📝 Reviving the Spirit of Open Science Hardware: Highlights from the 2025 Open Hardware Summit · Gerrit Niezen (blog), June 2025.
- 📰 Incredible Guest Speakers Share Their Insights and Projects at Open Hardware Summit 2025 · Hackster.io, June 2025.
- 📰 Open-source 3D printed pipe fittings reduce water waste, new study argues · 3D Printing Industry, February 2025.
- 📰 Open-Source 3D Printed Pipe Fittings For All · All3DP Pro, February 2025.
- 📰 The new online course developed by MaDe/Trans research group · Politecnico di Milano — Department of Design, January 2025.
- 📰 ACS Omega in the News: Revolutionary Polymers Derived From Food Waste · ACS Omega (EAB Update), February 2024.
- 📰 Revolutionary Polymers Derived From Food Waste · AZO Materials, February 2024.
- 📰 NTCRI's CAMEL lab reinvigorates taiwanese craft with local design explorations · Design Boom, November 2023.
- 📰 Bringing circular economy practices to glass and carbon fibre composites · European Commission (Success Story), July 2023.
- 📰 RE:FISH Craftsmanship and Materials International Workshop: The Unique Craft of Discarded Fish Scales · Liberty Times LTN, May 2023. Taiwanese newspress
- 📰 RE:FISH New Craft Material: Waste Fish Scales Reborn as Craft (RE：FISH工藝新材料 廢棄魚鱗工藝再現) · 中央社 / Central News Agency (CNA), May 2023.
- 📰 RE:FISH New Craft Material: Waste Fish Scales Reborn as Craft (RE：FISH工藝新材料＿廢棄魚鱗工藝再現) · OwlNews (奧丁丁新聞), May 2023.
- 📰 RE:FISH New Craft Material: Waste Fish Scales Reborn as Craft (RE：FISH工藝新材料 廢棄魚鱗工藝再現) · 中華新聞報 / China News TV, May 2023.
- 📰 Milkfish Scales Become New Craft Material: Cross-Border Exchange Hopes to Boost Circular Use (虱目魚鱗變工藝新材料 跨國交流盼刺激循環運用) · **華視 /
- 📝 Coffeefrom at Milan Design Week 2023 · Coffeefrom (blog), April 2023.
- 📰 The 'scars' of Covid on the David and the Venus of Milo: in Triennale the project of il Bullone (Le 'cicatrici' del Covid sul David e sulla Venere di Milo: in Triennale il progetto del Bullone ) · La Repubblica, October 2021.
- 📰 Milan, the community looks (beyond) its own scars (Milano, la comunità guarda (oltre) le proprie cicatrici ) · Il Sole 24 Ore, October 2021. Italian newspress, virtual version
- 📰 Marinella Levi, the professor who reinvents health starting from 3D printing (Marinella Levi, la professoressa che ripensa la salute partendo dalla stampa 3d) · Startup Italia, September 2021.
- 📰 FiberEUse: from the European project to the Design Week exhibition · Politecnico di Milano — Department of Mechanical Engineering, September 2021.
- 📰 FuoriSalone 2021 in Tortona: an investigation into the future · Interni, September 2021.
- 📰 FiberEUse: and life (from waste) returns to circulate · AT Superstudio Magazine, August 2021.
- 📰 FuoriSalone 2021, Superstudio: what to see at the Super Design Show · Elle Decor, 2021.
- 📰 The FiberEUse Project: Tackling the Challenges of Composite Recycling · AZO CleanTech, May 2021.
2020-2017
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- 📰 3D-printed face shields: technology helps those who help (Visiere stampate in 3D. La tecnologia aiuta chi aiuta) · Il Giorno, November 2020.
- 📰 What If the Venus de Milo Has a Scar (Se è la Venere di Milo ad avere una cicatrice) · La Repubblica, July 2020.
- 📰 Scars, a reflection on chronic illness and life's fragility (Cicatrici, una riflessione sulla cronicità e sulla fragilità della vita) · Corriere della Sera, July 2020.
- 📰 Tillverka, the Laboratory That 3D Prints Free Face Shields for Doctors and Nurses (Tillverka, il laboratorio che stampa in 3D visiere gratuite per medici e infermieri ) · SkyTG24, July 2020.
- 📝 COVID-19 Makers Bergamo Network: Shared Production (COVID-19 Makers Bergamo Network: Produzione Condivisa ) · FabLab Bergamo (blog), April 2020.
- 📰 Catania welcomes Cicatrici, the B.Livers exhibition on human fragility (Catania accoglie Cicatrici, la mostra dei B.Livers sulle fragilità dell'essere umano) · Il Giornale, July 2019.
- 📰 3D printing helps the sick (and healthy) face their scars in Cicatrici exhibit · VoxelMatters, October 2018.
- 📰 What does a scar tell? The 3D exhibition of young B.Livers (Cosa racconta una cicatrice? La mostra in 3D dei giovani B.Livers ) · Corriere della Sera, October 2018. Italian newspress, virtual version
- 📰 All the life of a scar (Tutta la vita di una cicatrice ) · Corriere della Sera, October 2018. Italian newspress, virtual version
- 📰 Cicatrici, courage and resilience on display in Milan (Cicatrici, il coraggio e la resilienza in mostra a Milano) · Tgcom24, October 2018.
- 📰 3D printed scars to soothe the disease (Le cicatrici stampate in 3D per lenire la malattia ) · Il Sole 24 Ore, September 2018. Italian newspress, virtual version
- 📰 Innovation and humanity merging +LAB & B.Live (Innovazione e umanità mischiando +LAB & B.LIVE ) · Il Bullone, December 2017. Italian newspress, hardcopy version
- 📰 Rheumatoid arthritis: new treatments and occupational therapy (Artrite reumatoide, nuove cure e terapia occupazionale) · Donna Moderna, November 2017.
- 📰 Design that helps hands (Il design che aiuta le mani ) · La Repubblica, October 2017. Italian newspress
- 📰 Objects friends of rheumatic patients, the design that facilitates life (Oggetti amici dei malati reumatici, il design che facilita la vita ) · ANSA, October 2017 (repubblicato Aug 2022). Italian newspress
- 📰 3D-printed Bottle opener to beat arthritis (Apribottiglie in 3D per vincere l'artrite ) · Il Messaggero, October 2017. Italian newspress
- 📰 An experience of co-designing aids through 3D printing (Un'esperienza di coprogettazione di ausili attraverso la stampa 3D ) · Noi Alomar, 2017. Italian Association Magazine
- 📰 Innovation and humanity merging +LAB & B.LIVE (Innovazione e umanità mischiando +LAB & B.LIVE ) · Il Bullone, June 2017.
- 📰 Raffaele, Stefania and the others: the rheumatic patients design «their» objects (Raffaele, Stefania e gli altri: i malati reumatici progettano i «loro» oggetti ) · Corriere della Sera, May 2017. Italian newspress