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Solidoodle, a Pre-assembled 3D Printer for Cheap
Solidoodle was included in a post on my older blog ‘printthat‘ back in the distant past (Dec 2011). Today, Solidoodle seems to have gotten more press in a month than Makerbot has gotten in a year....
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Makerbot Gets Cloned…Again
Well that escalated quickly. Open source hardware hasn’t really been a thing for very long, so it doesn’t have many success stories. Arduino is probably the only obvious one. Makerbot is quickly...
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Make Magazine Is Planning The “Ultimate 3D Printer Shootout” Issue
If any single publication can claim to represent the maker movement, I suppose Make Magazine is it. John Abella says they are working on a massive guide to 15 hobby-level 3D printers, to be released in...
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Makerbot Replicator 2 Announced
The announcement. They don’t seem to have released the design files yet, but they are moving up-market with phenomenal speed. This one is pro-sumer and their website is all grey-tones and flash and...
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Makerbot Might Be Going Closed Source
When I saw the Replicator 2, and Makerbot’s slick new marketing, and the glaring lack of ANY reference to providing the design files, I asked the question. So did a lot of other people, including Josef...
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An Ex-Founder Of Makerbot On Open Vs Closed
Zachary Smith (aka Hoeken) was on of the three original founders of Makerbot. He’s posted a response to the recent scuffle over the release of the Replicator 2, Josef Prusa’s public questioning of its...
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The Definitive Makerbot Open vs Closed Source Discussion
I did my best to document all the different points of view that are relevant to the open source hardware world but are spread all over the interwebs. The original Makerbot founders. This post got big,...
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Bre Pettis Of Makerbot Tries Again (Emphasis On Try)
If anyone was suffering under the illusion that Makerbot had suddenly become an evil company that was plotting evil and evily being evil, then Pettis’ new post should put those fears to rest. Pettis,...
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The Amp Hour #114
I think this episode of The Amp Hour is a nice segue from Makerbot’s open/closed source fiasco. After an introduction about winter and new jobs they discuss the Replicator 2 and Pettis’ abysmal message...
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