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November 26

 
 

Hello! Thanks for your interest in the third industrial revolution, we need more people like you! 

Patent wars for you to read about this week, 
dark times ahead...

Enjoy!

 

Law

 

3D Systems Sues Formlabs and Kickstarter for Patent Infringement

"3D Systems has announced it is bringing suit in Federal District Court against Formlabs and Kickstarter, seeking injunctive relief and damages for alleged infringement of a patent relating to how the startup’s light-based printer operates."

Read more on Tech Crunch, Wired and Core77

Submitted and via @coliwilso and @samotage

 

People

 

Tinkercad Maker Profile: Jaymes Dec

"We were using SketchUp to teach about 3D design. But I did not really get into 3D design until I got my hands on a MakerBot 3D printer in the Fall 2011. Now I have seven of them!"

Read more about Jaymes on the Tinkercad Blog

 

Chris Anderson speaks about his new book Makers

Makers book, photo of Chris Anderson

"In Makers, Wired editor and bestselling author Chris Anderson reveals that a new industrial revolution is under way. Today's entrepreneurs, using open-source design and 3-D printing, are employing micro-manufacturing techniques to create a tsunami of products in small batches, often customized for specific customers at higher margins."

Read more and watch the video on 3ders

 

Medical / Slightly Creepy

 

Crawling Bio-Robot Runs on Rat Heart Cells

"To make the biobot's body, the team used a 3-D printer, which creates solid objects by laying down successive layers of soft materials that fuse together and harden."

Read more on National Geographic

Submitted by @purrsikat

 

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  1. Law
  2. People
  3. Medical / Slightly Creepy

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