*The press release. Katy, bar the door....
Make a robot that makes things at Ponoko dot com.
Design and make your own desktop 3D printer:
· Download the free MakerBot case designs, customize and click to make;
· Select a MakerBot robotics kit;
· Make it yourself.
In a new twist on Ponoko’s popular personal factory concept, creators can now use the world’s easiest making system to design and make their own desktop factory.
MakerBot Industries – makers of open source 3D printers – has opened a showroom at Ponoko dot com enabling creators to design and make their own custom desktop 3D printers.
The MakerBot CupCake printer turns digital 3D designs into almost anything up to
4" x 4" x 6" in size from ABS plastic. And creators can now visit MakerBot’s Ponoko showroom, download the CupCake case design files (for free), customize them to suit a specific application or aesthetic, and click to make them from a wide selection of materials. (((No, this is not April Fools' Day.)))
Visitors to MakerBot’s Ponoko showroom can also select the CupCake robotics kit needed to complete the assembly of their 3D printer. Kits include absolutely everything required to get started in the personal fabrication revolution, right down to the tweezers. (((I think it's time to cut to the chase and fab food and housing, guys.)))
David ten Have, Ponoko’s CEO, says offering people the ability to design and make their own desktop 3D printers is the best way for Ponoko to approach the 3D printing market at this early stage.
“3D printing is very cool, and we want to make it available to our community at the lowest cost per print,” he says. “Together with MakerBot, people can design and make their own desktop 3D printers, and 3D print endlessly for just a few dollars. So we’re excited to see sexy new designs of the MakerBot printer sitting on people’s desktops, and lots more 3D printing projects.
(((Okay, I want one of those, but can it run on a Turing machine?)))
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This development builds on Ponoko’s vision of distributed fabrication, where downloadable digital product designs (rather than the products themselves) are transported around the world to be made locally. In this case, on your desktop 3D printer.
MakerBot’s Bre Pettis says “it’s easy for folks to download the MakerBot case files, modify them if they want and get them made by Ponoko. Want to get your MakerBot made out of bamboo (((oh you BET I do, bambino))) or get a custom body? Ponoko can handle it.” Being a staunch open source company, Bre also notes “if you make and distribute any changes, you are required to publish your changes so the community can see the innovations you’ve made.”
“Digital making technologies, like the MakerBot, are enabling a precise, more intricate form of DIY,” says David. “We call it the ‘Make it yourself’ (MIY) movement. Ponoko makes it easy for you to download customizable product design files, select materials including the robotics kits, and click to make your own custom desktop 3D printer.
ENDS
Ponoko
Derek Elley
+1 415 335 4471 or +64 21 88 66 81
[email protected]
MakerBot Industries
Bre Pettis
[email protected]
About Ponoko
Ponoko, the world’s easiest making system, is an online marketplace for everyone to make real things. It’s where creators, digital fabricators, materials suppliers and buyers meet to make almost anything. More than 40,000 user-generated designs have been instantly priced online, made and delivered since Ponoko was selected to launch at TechCrunch40 in 2007. Ponoko has reinvented how goods are designed, made and distributed leading to profiles in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, BBC News, Financial Times, The Globe & Mail, Inc. magazine, WIRED magazine, The International Design Magazine and more. (www.ponoko.com).
About MakerBot Industries
MakerBot Industries brings the future to your desktop. MakerBot is leading the personal manufacturing revolution with the Cupcake CNC – the most affordable 3D printer in the world. It’s your own little factory, and it can print almost anything you can imagine. The company was founded in 2009 on hardcore open source principles, and our machines are engineered to be hacked straight out of the box. MakerBot Operators share their digital designs on Thingiverse, a digital design community where anyone can share and download 3D designs, for free. MakerBot Industries was recently named as one of the top 20 startups in NYC, and has been featured in Wired, Make: Magazine, the Wall Street Journal, IEEE Spectrum, CNN, Financial Times, NPR, the Economist and others. (www.makerbot.com).
Links
To design and make your own custom 3D printer, start with the free downloadable designs here: http://www.ponoko.com/showroom/MakerBot/cupcake-cnc-chassis-designs–4246
Derek Elley
NZ +64 (021) 88 66 81
USA +1 (415) 335 4471
Ponoko – the world's easiest making system
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NZ +64 (04) 473 0031
USA +1 (415) 230 0255
www.ponoko.com
