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Getting Technical: BAM&DICE by 2PrintBeta
The RepRap community sounds quite optimistic about the BAM&DICE by 2PrintBeta, the open source project that has kicked off over at the world’s second favourite crowd-funding platform Indiego…
A Promise is a Promise — Ultimaker Releases Source Files for its 2nd Gen 3D Printer
Always nice when companies stick to their word, and this past weekend Ultimaker has done just that. When the pro open-source company released the Ultimaker 2 3D printer six months ago, they promised t…
Innovative IP Business Model using 3D Printing, Creative Commons & Open Source
The example of the ‘liberated’ Fused Deposition Modelling patent owned by Stratasys, which Professor Adrian Boywer reiterated as open source in the RepRap Project is the foundation of most…
Michigan Tech Releases Open-Source 3D Metal Printer for Less Than $2,000
Joshua Pearce’s Sustainability and Accessibility Lab at Michigan Tech has made even more progress towards democratizing technological access by creating an open-source 3D metal printer. The lab has pu…
The RepRap Ormerod from RepRapPro Officially Launched
Last month, we relayed news of the DesignSpark Challenge, in which users of the free DesignSpark CAD software could submit CAD inventions for the chance to win the latest RepRapPro 3D printer, the Rep…
Delta 3D Printer Made (Almost) from Scratch
I’m always impressed by Makers who, with no experience putting together a 3D printer kit or helping a friend build theirs, just design and build their own 3D printer. When Richard Tegelbeckers, a mec…
German RepRap’s New Open Source Electronics
For some, releasing an open source version 1.0 is a strategy for a paid version later. For others, it is a way to ensure that in a world where the rate of change of technology is increasing at an expo…
Pixil 3D Launches Slixtar: A 3D Printed, Customizable, Open Source Musical Instrument
The first time I played on a keyboard was at a family friend’s house after pounds of homemade Italian pastas, salads and breads (I was too young for the red wine generously poured around the table). T…
The Uplift Prize: Uplifting 1 Billion People at a Time with 3D Printing
Unsurprisingly, the Uplift Prize, formerly the Gada Prize, intends to do exactly what its name implies: award contestants for lifting up the standard of living for a given population. The scale of its…