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Top 10 Countdown: Most Popular 3D Printing Stories in August 2012
Here are the top 10 most popular stories On 3D Printing brought you in August 2012.
10. 3D Printed Meat for Dinner: Peter Thiel Backs Bioprinting Startup
9. TangiBot has a Kickstarter Project for a Much Cheaper MakerBot
8. Google Employees Treated to 3D Printed Pasta by Renowned Chef
7. Stratasys and HP Part Ways on 3D Printer Manufacturing
6. Open-Source 3D Printer Pwdr Takes on MakerBot, Offers New Materials
5. Finally, an iPhone Case That Does Something Useful (Opens Beers)
4. Video: Beauty and the Beak; a Bald Eagle’s 3D Printing Story
3. Team Great Britain Olympic Cyclists Fitted with 3D Printed Helmets
2. Infographic: How 3D Printing Works, Industry Growth, Stocks, and More
1. 3D Printing at Top of “Hype Cycle”, Gartner Reports
Thanks for reading in August!
3D Printing, Hardware Startups, and Hacks Invade Silicon Valley
Is hardware making a comeback in Silicon Valley? It seems that way with hardware startups from Y Combinator, projects from Kickstarter, and legendary designers creating new devices like Tony Fadell at Nest.
Part of the formula for success in software has been rapid prototyping. Developers could build something quickly, test it with users and either iterate or abandon the feature. Now this is happening in hardware thanks to 3D printing.
The New York Times featured this growing trend of hardware startups and hacks.
“Something that once took three months to make now takes less than a month,” explained Andre Yousefi, co-founder of Lime Lab, a product development firm based in San Francisco that works with start-ups to create hardware products. “With 3D printers, you can now create almost disposable prototypes,” he said. “You queue it up at night, pick it up in the morning and can throw it away by 11 a.m.”
The rapidly falling cost of building computer-based gadgets has touched off a wave of innovation that is starting to eclipse the software-driven world that came to dominate the Valley in the dot-com boom of the late 1990s.
“If we look hard over the last 10 or 15 years, people don’t realize how different the world is now compared to 1996,” said Sean O’Sullivan, a venture capitalist who splits his time between the United States, Ireland and China. “Products like the iPhone have driven down the cost of components. You can now easily make connected devices that transform lives in the way we have only been able to do with software before.”
Read more at the New York Times.
Nest thermostat photo by Nest used under Creative Commons license.
Top 3D Printing Headlines Last Week: Beef, Bald Eagles, New Zealand, Australia
A roundup of the top news On 3D Printing brought you from August 14 to August 19.
Tuesday, August 14
- Neil Gershenfeld Speaks With RadioNZ (New Zealand), Talks 3D Printing
- TangiBot has a Kickstarter Project for a Much Cheaper MakerBot
Wednesday, August 15
Thursday, August 16
Friday, August 17
Saturday, August 18
- Video: Beauty and the Beak; a Bald Eagle’s 3D Printing Story
- Shapeways Friday Finds: Cool Shades for the Summer
Sunday, August 19
Bald eagle photo by andrewprice001 used under Creative Commons license.
TangiBot has a Kickstarter Project for a Much Cheaper MakerBot
We have continued to review Kickstarter projects on 3D printing.
Here’s a new contenter. The TangiBot is a Makerbot Replicator clone. The same performance and features of The Replicator at a roughly 33% discount.
Why should you buy a TangiBot? Here’s what the Kickstarter page says:
Quite simply, because the TangiBot is a Makerbot Replicator clone, the TangiBot is the best 3D printer on the market with a very active community of owners. Here is a quick list of the benefits of buying a TangiBot:
- 2/3 the price of the Makerbot Replicator (discount of $550-700)
- The highest quality 3D printer
- The best features
- You can get it fully assembled and tested in Acrylic
- 100% compatible with all MakerBot Replicator Parts
- A very active community of owners
- Thousands of designs available to download online
- Design your own parts, toys, games, and models
TangiBot has raised $14,112 of its $500,000 goal with 24 days to go. Want to see TangiBot succeed? Visit the TangiBot Kickstarter project.
Top 3D Printing Headlines Last Week: Apple, Google, Joe Biden, $300 Printer
A roundup of the top news On 3D Printing brought you from June 25 to July 1.
Monday, June 25
- Will Apple Make a Big Acquisition to Enter the 3D Printing Market?
- $300 3D Printer Printxel Shows at the Kansas City Maker Faire
Tuesday, June 26
Wednesday, June 27
- Broadway Shows Get New Mojo with 3D Printed Set Design
- Exclusive: Cubify by 3D Systems Prints at Google I/O and Launches API
Thursday, June 28
Friday, June 29
- Autodesk Shows off 123D Catch Software and 3D Printing at Google I/O
- 3D Systems Announces “Smarter 3D Printing” Seminars for Entrepreneurs
Saturday, June 30
Sunday, July 1
- Vice President Joe Biden Shares the Vision for 3D Printing
- Fab Lab of the Week: Massey University Centre Hosts New Zealand Event
Apple photo by aditza121 used under Creative Commons license.
