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Another breakthrough using customizable 3-D printable designs Just as the power of the open-source design has driven down the cost of software to the point that it is accessible to most people, open-source hardware makes it possible to drive down the cost of doing experimental science and expand access to everyone. As part of this movement, a Michigan Technological University lab has introduced a library of open-source, 3-D-printable optics components in a paper published in PLOS One from...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online The boom of 3D printing has opened up countless possibilities, from reproducing human ears to building single-use weaponry. Now, roboticists are adding another potential candidate to the PYO (print your own) revolution: Robots. A National Science Foundation (NSF) funded project has now set about developing a robot which can be designed, customized and brought to life in a matter of hours. It currently takes considerably longer...

Search for 3D printing and fabrication and look at the unmanageable results, now imagine a service that cuts out 95% of the static and gives you what you need. Gloucester, MA (PRWEB) March 13, 2013 Representatives of Computer Review announced today that the upswing in knowledge in the 3D Printing and Fabrication sector of the global knowledge economy has created a demand for new information. Growth in 3D Printing and Fabrication information affects decision-makers at investment firms,...

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online 3D printing hasn't even gotten a chance to get off the ground yet, but there is already a "Pirate Bay" for 3D printers. MakerBot is one of the best-known 3D printing companies out there, and its "Thingiverse" site allows its 3D printer users to download files to create objects with their printers. Essentially, 3D printing could one day put toy stores out of business, because instead of heading down to Toys-R-Us to pick up your...

Most Artistic, Useful and Wearable Designs Celebrated on Thingiverse.com BROOKLYN, N.Y., March 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- MakerBot's popular website, Thingiverse.com, a place for anyone anywhere to share files and instructions for making things, is announcing the winners of its Customizer Challenge, that concluded on March 8, 2013. Winners will be showcased at SXSW Interactive at the MakerBot exhibit at Feed Powered by Twitter on Sunday afternoon, March 10, 2013. Thingiverse was...

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online The co-founder and CEO of MakerBot opened this year’s South by Southwest Interactive (SXSW) event by unveiling a desktop device that can scan small three-dimensional objects, creating a file that can then be used to print 3D replicas of the scanned items. The scanner has been dubbed the MakerBot Digitizer Desktop 3D Scanner. It was revealed by Bre Pettis of the Brooklyn, New York-based company during his keynote speech at the...

3D printing company Solid Prototype to be first in industry to offer next-day service in response to Obama address. Austin, Texas (PRWEB) March 08, 2013 Austin-based 3D printing company Solid Prototype is now the first in the industry to offer next-day service, allowing anyone to take an idea from their mind and place it in their hands within a single day. “Imagine having immediate access to discontinued parts for machinery, custom auto parts that don't exist in any catalog, or a...

The MakerBot Digitizer Desktop 3D Scanner is the Easiest and Fastest Way to Create a 3D Design That Can Be Printed on a MakerBot AUSTIN, Texas, March 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- MakerBot® surprised the world today with a major announcement at SXSW Interactive announcing development of the new MakerBot Digitizer Desktop 3D Scanner prototype. The MakerBot Digitizer Desktop 3D Scanner adds to MakerBot's 3D Ecosystem that includes MakerBot Replicator 3D Printers, the MakerBot Store,...

The Two Companies Announce Plans to Jointly Develop and Market 3D Offerings AUSTIN, Texas, March 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- MakerBot, a leader in desktop 3D printing, and Autodesk, a leader in 3D design software, today announced they have signed a definitive agreement to jointly market a combination of 3D design software and 3D printing hardware to engineers, designers, architects, makers, creators, and artists. The agreement will entail the resale of MakerBot® Replicator® 2 Desktop...

MakerBot CEO Bre Pettis Gives Opening Remarks AUSTIN, Texas, March. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- WHO: Bre Pettis, CEO of MakerBot(R) Industries, will present Opening Remarks for SXSW at 2:00 p.m., Friday, March 8, at the Austin Convention Center. Pettis will discuss the present and future of 3D printing...