MakerBot Lays Off 100 Employees, Closes All Retail Stores
The company announces plans to re-organize it business through staff and expense reductions and closure of its three brick-and-mortar stores.
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MakerCon Launch Pad Announces Finalists
A startup competition aimed at shining a bright light on the creative work of hardware startups, Launch Pad offers a $5,000 prize and all of the exposure that Make: magazine, Maker Faire, and MakerCon can offer to a young company. With interest in the competition running high, the first real contest has already occurred: getting […]
How Hard Can You Punch the PunchBot?
One question had always bothered Russell Munro. “I have been practicing various Martial Arts styles for over 15 years and have always been curious about one particularly primitive part of my pugilist pastime: how hard I can punch?” Munro asked. “More than that I want to know ‘pound for pound’ is it all about size […]
Intel Capital President Says Hardware Is Hot
Intel Capital President Arvind Sodhani said Monday that he believes the venture-backed tech may be overvalued —but that among current ventures, hardware startups are some of the most accurately priced. “We are going to need a lot of hardware companies if many of the disruptions and innovations that we are seeing today fulfill their promise, […]
New Hardware Accelerator Bridges Gap from SF to Shenzhen
Highway1, the two year old accelerator from Ireland-based manufacturing solutions company PCH International, has expanded its operations at a new San Francisco California location, upping its startup enrollment cap from 12 to 19. What used to be a marijuana growing operation — yes, really — in the Potrero Hill neighborhood of San Francisco is now home of the hardware […]
This Week in 3D Printing: Food, Fashion, and Carbon3D’s Funding
$10M to Carbon3D Last week, we featured a University of Buffalo student who printed a 40×40×100mm Eiffel Tower in just over 12 minutes. That same day, VentureBeat reported that Carbon3D — another startup working on speedier 3D printing — received $10M from Autodesk’s 3D printing fund. Carbon3D calls the technology Continuous Liquid Interface Production, and claims […]
Cheap, Safe, and Fast-Charging: Stanford Reveals Aluminum-Ion Battery Prototype
Scientists at Stanford University announced a breakthrough in creating a bendable aluminum battery last week, unveiling a new prototype that could change the face of both hobbyist and professional hardware development. The new battery charges rapidly, can withstand over 7,500 charging cycles without a drop in capacity, and can generate two volts of electricity—stats that represent a step forward compared […]
