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VP Anthony Moschella Shows Off Makerbot's Latest Printers and Materials (Video)
You may have read a few weeks ago about the new materials that MakerBot has introduced for its 3-D printers; earlier this month, I got a chance to see some of them in person, and have them explained by MakerBot VP of Product Anthony Moschella in a cramped demo closet — please excuse the lighting — at the company's booth at CES. Moschella had some things to say about materials, timelines, and what MakerBot is doing to try to salvage its open-source cred, despite being a very willing part of a corporate conspiracy to sell boxes of Martha Stewart-branded extruder filament — as well as a few unremarkable things that the company's ever-vigilant PR overseer decreed Moschella couldn't answer on the record for reasons like agreements between MakerBot parent Stratasys and their suppliers. The good news for owners of recent MakerBot models: they'll be upgradeable to use the new and interesting materials with a part swap, rather than a whole-machine swap (it takes a "smart extruder" rather than the current, dumber one). And the pretty good news for fans of open source, besides that the current generation of MakerBots are all Linux-based computers themselves, is that MakerBot's open API provides a broad path for 3-D makers to interact with the printers. (The bad news is that there's no move afoot to return the machines' guts to open source hardware, like the early generations of MakerBots, but STL files at least don't care whether you ship them to an FSF-approved printer to be made manifest.)
Yeah. Good luck with that salvage job.
do they plan Al Capone filament?
"A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject." -- Winston Churchill
what 3D printing needs to take off is a 3D scanner.
there are lots of 3D designs that you can download and print. if you're good with 3D drafting software, you can even make some of your own. but what i want is to make replacement parts for household goods (like pot handles, broken plastic bits on the car, etc.).
i don't expect most manufacturers will be willing to publish 3D print files for their products so that users can make minor repairs. in fact, i expect most manufacturers will invoke the DMCA to protect their product designs to prevent users from printing copies of them.
but ordinary people (i.e. those who are not geeks or nerds) will expect the use 3D printers for something. minor repairs to household goods qualify. and. so far, nothing i've seen seems to point that way.
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and has been dead since 2012. I'm sorry, but when a company claws its way to existence using the maker/open-source movement, then turns around and tells them to fuck off by closing the source, they're dead as far as I'm concerned.
When did you start auto-playing videos, slashdot? And have you stopped beating your wife, yet, also? You stupid fucking dildos.
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What happend to mister asperger with the elvis hair-do that got a documentary on netflix? That guy was megakool
It's already happening with some companies. http://3dprintingindustry.com/...
If this turns into one more out of control video site, I'm outta here.
I want to print Circuit Boards at home and ideally even be able to assemble components on them. PLEASE work towards that goal, even if it takes 2-5 years.
Printing & assembling prototypes with traditional vendors costs anywhere from $10,000 to $50,000 PER 2 (identical) boards. It'd be nice to do it all for less than $500 per board at home, even if it takes 2-4 days to print it out & assemble it... which is still faster than 15-45 days via traditional printer & assemblers.
Thank you. That is all.
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If you want a makerbot like machine, then the latest flashforge creator pro is a fantastic clone of the replicator 1. Dont get taken in by the flashforge dreamer which is a POS, its also the same machine being pushed by dremel.
on the software side you can use slic3r or cura with the GPX module, dont listen to those who say you can only use makerware or repg
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the new materials will not be available for nearly half a year.
last year mbi won awards at CES with a non functional printer(the demo models were printed with rep2's. that's right. nobody saw the fucking device working and now this year they're given more awards for basically the same thing that everyone knows has buggy extruder design, furthermore to use the "new" filaments in the 5th gen you have to buy a new extruder (190$+) , not that anyone would know since that's getting released later.
MBI - the worst source of information about makerbot products. how about asking them if they finally have working firmware+software for their 3d scanner...
bottom line, mbi's stuff is not worth it at the moment. rep2x is okay, but overpriced. 5th gen sucks.
world was created 5 seconds before this post as it is.
Embedded fucking videos??? With autoplay??? FUCK YOU Slashdot! My how far you have fallen. News for nerds my ass.
because most people won't touch patent-scum makerbot with a 20 foot pole.
All I want to hear is how it bankrupts them:
http://makerflux.com/possible-...
If it could be extended to include people who contributed to the opensource which they use and don't credit, I'd be even happier.
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i think that dmca could only apply if you have used their file. reverse engineering is perfectly legal unless it's a direct copy and you're trying to sell them.
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