For those of you who aren’t familiar with the industry, Makerbot is the (in my opinion) at the leading edge of the RepRap movement.
Or, with less jargon:
- Makerbot is a build-it-yourself robot.
- It makes things out of plastic.
It’s worth checking out their website for the details, in the meantime check out my buddy Nick’s sweet time-lapse video of the build-it-yourself part
Time Lapse Makerbot Build from Nick Starno on Vimeo.
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- video: makerbot print quality keeps getting better
- 3d printing hack
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Article by chris loughnane
Chris is Design Engineer + Sustainability Advocate at a Boston area design consultancy and has written 127 sweet posts for the Product Development Notebook.
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