MakerBot
Prototyped on a Makerbot 3D printer, Skarp laser razor wanted to revolutionize shaving. Now the project got suspended at Kickstarter.
"We are facing tremendous challenges," says CEO Jonathan Jaglom, as MakerBot lays off 20% staff for the second time in six months.
How Makerbot helped North Drinkware design and develop the Oregon Pint, a beer glass with a replica Mount Hood embedded at the bottom.
With the current layoffs at Makerbot and the demise of smaller companies, it may seem an odd timing, but market researchers are very confident: 3D printing will be bigger than the internet.
It is now more imperative than ever that schools educate their students about the emerging digital fabrication technologies, especially those of the "additive kind" (i.e. 3D printing) that are going to fundamentally change the world and the way we manufacture our goods.
The MakerBot Replicator 5th Gen doesn’t come cheap. But what you get is reliability, automatization and the ability to print without the hassle.
In 3D printing the following year has always been greater than the previous one, only recently the enthusiasm has skyrocketed and reached the mainstream