Tiberius Brastaviceanu, the co-founder of open source hardware, has given his insight into the massive failure of MakerBot. He claims it was more than simply a failed company, it was a betrayal of the…
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Rice creates sintering laser from cheap Chinese cutter
We love a good hack here at 3DPrintingindustry.com, so today we’d like to salute the bright minds at Rice University that have created a budget laser sintering printer from a Chinese CO2 laser cutter.…
Open source design would make a wonderful world
How much better would a website look with a legion of designers around the world giving their input? How perfect could a logo be if it had felt the gentle touch of 100 top class designers doing…
OctoPrint Calls Upon the 3D Printing Community to Come to the Rescue
It’s been a little over a year since we last talked to Gina Häußge, the developer of the open-source 3D printing web interface OctoPrint, which allowed 3D printer users to remotely control and monitor…
3D Printed Carbon Fiber Could Come to Wevolver’s Open Source Tinker Motorcycle
Set on providing the maker community with accessible open source hardware projects, Wevolver has taken the DIY scene by storm with projects such as the 3D printed InMoov robot or their CNC-based motor…
Wevolover Wins the SXSW “3-DIY” Interactive Innovation Award
If you consider yourself a Maker, and haven’t heard of open source hardware pioneers Wevolver yet, it’s probably time to get yourself acquainted! Wevolver serves as a platform for Makers to share thei…
Design and 3D Print Custom Components for Your Steam Controller
If you’ve happened to play a video game on the PC anytime in the last ten years, there’s a pretty good chance that you were doing so on the massively popular Steam platform, created by Valve as a gami…
How to Build a 3D Environment Scanner from Scratch
While some 3D scanner companies are working to scale down the cost and size of 3D laser scanners, mechanical engineer Callan Mackay has decided to take matters into his own hands. Mackay, a graduate f…
Autodesk Engineers Ember 3D Printer to Be 24X Faster
Among the many big announcements Autodesk made ahead of its REAL 2016 event, one important development may have been overshadowed by news of the software company’s investment in XJet and their P…
Open Bionics Brings New Dexterity to 3D Printed Bionic Hands
Open Bionics has been on the cutting edge of 3D printed bionic limbs for some time, but only just recently released their first open source model, the Ada hand. Due to the open source nature of this …