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Making Is Mainstream: Sam Jacoby of FormLabs at CES 2014

Making Is Mainstream: Sam Jacoby of FormLabs at CES 2014

On the floor of CES 2014, I had to opportunity to speak with Sam Jacoby of FormLabs about their Form1 SLA 3D printer, the updates to their PreForm software and got his take on “Is making going mainstream?”. For more on the Form1 check out our review in our 2014 Ultimate Guide to 3D Printing.

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DWS Labs Discusses the XFAB SLA Printer and Flexible Materials

DWS Labs Discusses the XFAB SLA Printer and Flexible Materials

At CES 2014, I ran into the DWS Labs team who gave me an overview of their XFAB SLA printer. It can print in an exciting range of 9 different materials: standard acrylate amber, ABS-like grey, ABS-like white, polypropylene-like, rigid opaque grey, transparent, ceramic nano-filled light blue, rubber-like black and rubber-like transparent. With a possible […]

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Clement Moreau on Sculpteo’s Launch of Batch Control

Clement Moreau on Sculpteo’s Launch of Batch Control

I caught up with Clement Moreau, Sculpteo’s CEO and founder, to learn more about the addition of “Batch Control” to their 3D Printing Cloud Engine, announced at CES 2014. Batch Control allows users of Sculpteo’s 3D printing services to choose the orientation and resolution of the parts within multi-unit orders (over 20 pieces). This enables […]

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Pro-Quality Aerial Photography Goes Plug-and-Play with the DJI S1000

Pro-Quality Aerial Photography Goes Plug-and-Play with the DJI S1000

It’s soon going to be simple to send your professional DSLR into the sky to shoot Hollywood-grade footage.

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Nikon Creates Controllable Full-Body 3D Renders in a Snap

Nikon Creates Controllable Full-Body 3D Renders in a Snap

Nikon’s xxArray takes 3D motion capture beyond the next level with a system that quickly creates a photographic, fully-articulated render of any person and then seamlessly inserts it into video game environments as a fully-moveable digital character.

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Belkin Opens WeMo Platform to Makers

Belkin Opens WeMo Platform to Makers

Belkin’s WeMo platform of connected home products is growing to include a hacker-friendly module called the WeMo Maker. Announced this week at International CES 2014, the device allows you to switch up to 36 volts DC or take readings from 5 volt analog sensors. All of this can done remotely through the Internet with Belkin’s app […]

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Adam Brandejs on the Matterform 3D Scanner

Adam Brandejs on the Matterform 3D Scanner

Adam Brandejs, the co-creator of the Matterform 3D scanner chats with MAKE Digital Fabrication Editor Anna Kaziunas France at CES 2014 about his first product launch, Indiegogo challenges, and making going mainstream. 

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