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Enjoy the latest edition below!
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Investment
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"This weekend, Romotive alum Jen McCabe will take the first step toward Fabbed Labs, a project that could grow into a full 3D printing lab, factory, and maker community in downtown Las Vegas.
Working with Motorola and the Downtown Project, she is co-hosting a makeathon where six teams will bring their ideas to 3D printed life. It’s part of Motorola’s nationwide tour with a van full of 3D printing tools."
Read more on Tech Cocktail
Submitted by @VegasTechMap
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"Makerbot, the Brooklyn-based 3D printing company, is in talks with Minneapolis/Israel-based Stratasys regarding a possible acquisition by the latter, according to a source close to the matter. While Makerbot founder and CEO Bre Pettis refused to comment on speculation, and in fact told reporters “We’re not going anywhere” at a factory opening on Friday, persistent rumors of a sale or new funding have followed the company this year."
Read more on Tech Crunch
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Education
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"As far as how this can be used in education, it’s a matter of bringing objects out of the computer screen and into the hands of students for inspection, analysis, and other processes that can benefit from physical manipulation. In that way, 3D printers may eventually be able to bridge the gap between the physical and the digital–use a screen to find what you need, then print it into existence."
Read more on Teach Thought
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Printers
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"Check out this 3D printer below which Polish maker Arkadiusz Śpiewak has been working on. It is a delta-style 3D printer created based on the Rostock. Śpiewak created its basic design and tested its kinematics in Blender and then added the outline of the frame and parts to hold the actuator. After ordering the parts he began with assembling the frame."
Read more on 3ders
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