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NASA Hops on the 3D Printing Bandwagon and Prints Some Rocket Parts
Someday, Bre Pettis. Someday. (Photo: flickr.com/usnavy) As much as we love the notion of 3D printing ourselves a pizza and sitting down to a 3D printed game of canasta at a 3D printed dinner table, it...
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Introducing the World’s First Photobooth That Prints 3D Figurines Instead of...
(Photo: Omote3d.com) At the Makerbot pop up shop in Nolita, you can purchase mini figurines made by high-tech 3D printers in shapes like cats for $5 a pop. They're a cute novelty, but there's nothing...
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For Real? Betabeat Goes Fake Shopping for Made-Up Brands
Valley must-haves! As Betabeat stood surveying the whimsical offerings of Montalvo Historical Fabrications and Souvenirs, a colleague reached out and, from among the Steve Jobs prayer candles and...
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New Will.i.am and Britney Spears Video Also Stars a Makerbot 3D Printer...
(Screencap: YouTube) When one mulls over the future of manufacturing, naturally the first question that comes to mind is: How we can we as a nation effectively mass produce cornerstone products, like a...
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Even Music Isn’t Beyond the Power of 3D Printing
Spiffy. (Photo: screencap) This made the rounds back in August on design blogs, but it seems us techies missed it: Realität, a Mexico City-based design firm, has devised a way to translate music into a...
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MakerBot Boots 3D Printed Gun Parts from Thingiverse
(Photo: MakerBot) After the events in Newtown, the gun control debate has taken on a new urgency. Suddenly 3D-printed firearms look a lot less like a thought-provoking experiment and more like a danger...
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Startup News: Classes at MakerBot, a Birchbox for Valentine’s Day and Lady...
What about a V-day date at the MakerBot store? Nerd love at its finest. Your heart-shaped Birchbox. Tired of cellophane-wrapped boxes full of chocolate-flavored fat? On February 7, Birchbox is...
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Rumor Roundup: Rap Genius Cofounder Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop
(Photo: theybf.com) Real Genius Andreessen Horowitz invested $15 million in Rap Genius to help its Ivy League cofounders to annotate the Internet. But how much will they have to pay to rein in the...
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Will.i.am’s New Song Has a Hashtag In the Title, Naturally
IDK. Recording artist Will.i.am, as you may know, is something of a self-styled technologist. Besides holding down a sweet gig as Intel's director of "creative innovation," he pops up in pro-coding...
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Gary Sharma’s Highlights from SXSW 2013 (Grumpy Cat, Elon Musk, Shaq, BBQ...
Justin Bieber's manager Scooter Braun, singer/songwriter Tori Kelly, IRL Productions' Emily Gannett and billionaire / Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban at Conduit Corner @ SXSW 2013 (photo by Erica...
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Makerbot Reportedly Raising at a $300M Valuation, or Maybe It’ll Just Get...
(Screencap: YouTube) Brooklyn's own Makerbot Industries, the buzzy startup that produces 3D printers and recently opened a storefront in Nolita to display its printed plastic wares, is reportedly...
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Startup Rundown: Google Glass Gets Fancy, and MakerBot Open Up (Another) Shop
Cutting the Ribbon at MakerBot's new Sunset Park facility New Tech City gets new managing editor WNYC announced yesterday that Manoush Zomorodi will become managing editor of New Tech City, the weekly...
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Stratasys Is Acquiring MakerBot for $403M in Stock
Cutting the Ribbon at MakerBot's new Sunset Park facility First Tumblr, and now comes another sizable New York City exit. Turns out the whimsical MakerBot won't be raising a round, after all, because...
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‘MakerBot Is MakerBot Is MakerBot’: CEO Bre Pettis Promises The Company Won’t...
The odd couple. (Photo: Screencap) "This is a dream come true for an entrepreneur," gushed MakerBot CEO Bre Pettis at this morning's press conference announcing his company's acquisition by Stratasys....
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Startup Rundown: Betterific Improves the Future of Bed Sheets, and GroupMe...
GroupMe's collection of summer-themed emoji GroupMe ups the Emoji factor It’s hard to text your friends about brunch plans when you don’t have a bacon emoji, you know? So maybe it’s time to download...
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Startup Rundown: 3D Printing Puts Birdhouse Makers Out of Work, and High-Tech...
Check out the winning 3D-printed birdhouse creation. Can we move in? MakerBot spreads its wings It looks like the future of 3D printing is heading skyward—literally. MakerBot’s Thingiverse.com recently...
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Startup Rundown: Find Your Tech Soulmate Over Muffins, and Then Invite Them...
(Photo: YouTube) Nextdoor moves to Android town Remember Nextdoor, the super fun app that lets you connect with the people who live in your area, because getting to know your neighbors is something you...
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Startup Rundown: Shake App Makes Contracts On Your Phone And Wi-Fi Comes To...
Imagine all the fun of these contracts on your phone! (Photo: flickr user NobMouse) Lawyer up on the go A new app from minds like BuzzFeed’s president Jon Steinberg and Spotify’s Jared Grusd lets you...
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Kids, Hackers and Geena Davis All Shared Space at Maker Faire This Weekend
Mousetrap havoc. (Photo: Andrew Kelly for NYSCI.) This weekend, tens of thousands of DIY enthusiasts, families and plain old nerds packed inside the 7 train for the trip to Maker Faire, held as always...
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Startup Rundown: You Can Now Get A Degree In “Connective Media” And Spin Is...
Cornell Tech's Connective Media class of 2016 (photo: flickr user whiteafrican) Tech training Mayor Bloomberg joined Cornell NYC Tech earlier this week to announce a new degree program: a two-year...
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