Engadget’s Expand Conference Recognizes the Importance of Makers
The popular tech site’s first conference included a number of faces familiar to Make, including our own Mark Frauenfelder, and DIY Drones chief Chris Anderson.
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3D Printing Goes Mainstream
Engadget Expand, a two-day event of presentations, consumer electronics, and innovation, kicked off today at Fort Mason in San Francisco. The first panel discussion was “3D Printing Goes Mainstream” and it featured Ari Reichental, president and CEO of 3D Systems; Hod Lipson, associate professor of engineering at Cornell University; and Max Lobovsky, president and CEO of Formlabs.
In truth, the panel discussion would have better called “3D Printing Will go Mainstream When…” Because as all the panelists agreed, while 3D printing is big and getting bigger we’re still in the early adopter stage and seamless consumer interface has not yet been achieved. That’s the killer app, they agreed.
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ITP Spring Show on The Engadget Show
Last week I stopped by The Engadget Show with my fellow ITP classmate, Danne Woo. Danne was showing off his impressive Circuit Board, the skateboard that has kick-powered ground effects lighting and I gave a live demo of my Descriptive Camera project.
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World Maker Faire New York on The Engadget Show Tonight
Maker Faire New York is being featured on The Engadget Show tonight at 6pm ET. Becky and I will also be in studio talking about Make: Live and our favorite DIY projects. Not only that, but there will also be appearances by Jonathan Coulton, Makerbot’s Turtle Shell Racers, and Keepon, our favorite dancing robot. Watch the stream on their show page and we’ll post the archive as soon as it’s ready.
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