Welcome back — for Part 4 of our series on Crowdfunding, 3D-printer ‘Preneurs and suicidal gaming of the new 3DP/startup/mob-VC “ecosystem.” Here’s a quick recap (with direct links back to previous “…
Crowdfunding & The Low-Cost Desktop 3D Printer: A Suicidal Race To The Bottom? (Part 3)
Part 1 of this series presented an introductory overview of crowd funding vis a vis 3D printer startups and the dynamism, democratization, distortions and dangers that this new and novel mode of bankr…
Crowdfunding & The Low-Cost Desktop 3D Printer: A Suicidal Race To The Bottom? (Part 2)
Part 1 of this series presented an introductory view of crowdfunding vis a vis 3D printer start-ups and the dynamism, democratization, distortions and dangers this new and novel mode of bankrolling fo…
Crowdfunding & The Low-Cost Desktop 3D Printer: A Suicidal Race To The Bottom? (Part 1)
Could the democratization of tech-based entrepreneurship be both a boon and a bane? Our Four (STEAM-driven) Disruptors (the PC, the Internet, Social Media and 3D printing) have certainly assured that …
World Maker Faire New York 2014 Is Coming Back To Town (Part 2)
Yesterday I covered the work of the good folks at Maker Media (MM) that has resulted in a national — and indeed global — “maker” phenomenon. As the movement heads back to NYC in a couple of months for…
World Maker Faire New York 2014 Is Coming Back To Town (Part 1)
The folks at Maker Media, Inc. (MM of Sebastopol, CA) are as “hands-on” as their eTinker, 3DPer and DigiFabber constituents in the Maker Movement. (I think MM should get the lion’s share of the credit…
Bits To Bullets: Australian Military 3DP’s New War-Making Strategies & Tactics
Ever since David introduced the sling to Goliath, military innovators have been looking for the next best way to best the next enemy on the battlefield. Digital creativity — no respecter of national f…
Shapeways Winners Produce Winning 3D Printing Marketing Tool
There’s hardly anything we humans like as much as a highly public, audience-drawing, skill-spotlighting, award-presenting contest — especially if we’re among the baying contestants. Each of us with a …
USPS Delivers 3DP? The American Postal Colossus Makes Plans To Push The RePrint Button…
And you thought that the dusty and dark United States Post Office (USPS) in your neighborhood or town was only good for registered mail and “Wanted” posters…USPS letter carriers at your door wer…
The Race To Build 3D Printed Habitations Continues To Accelerate
The vision of 3D printed habitation seduces everyone who makes the imaginative leap from “hold” to “held.” We vault to new perspectives by scaling up the hand-cupped object — in our mind’s eye — to th…