The Brooklyn-based 3D printing company introduced new models including the Makerbot Replicator Mini and Z18 by Richard Nieva January 6, 2014 4:45 PM PST Bre Pettis at CES 2014 (Credit: Josh Miller/CNET) On Monday at the Consumer Electronics Show, Makerbot chief executive Bre Pettis unveiled something "epic." And it's for making big, epic things, he said. The CEO announced the Replicator Z18, for printing large objects, as large as having the dimensions of 12 by 12 by 18 inches tall. If you've been hampered with how big you can make things, then no more," said Pettis. The industrial strength printer was one of three new models he unveiled today. The other two are a new Replicator "prosumer" machine, and a Replicator Mini. "It's not, are you going to get a 3D printer, it's which Makerbot printer are you going to get?" he said. For many, Makerbot has become the de facto steward of 3D printing, with an outspoken CEO and a slick flagship store in New York City. The company, founded in 2009 by Pettis, was aquired in June by Stratasys for $403 million. Pettis boasts that there are more than 44,000 Makerbots in the world. The company has an online community called Thingiverse and even allows for 3D printing of prosthetic for children with a project called Robo-Hand. Related posts MakerBot wants to put a 3D printer in every US public school Stratasys acquires MakerBot in $403 million deal MakerBot in acquisition talks, says report Pettis also announced a partnership with SoftKinetic, a 3D sensor company, though details other details were scant. Though the technology has been around for some time, 3D has had quite the coming out party recently. It stoked controversy when the world's first fully 3D printed gun was made last May. Other companies like Shapeways, a 3D printing marketplace, have gotten the attention of investors like Andreessen Horowitz, a prominent Silicon Valley venture capital firm. And just like any good flag bearers for a nascent technology, Makerbot is leading the didactic push toward ubiquity -- recently announcing that it hopes to get 3D printers into every school. Developing. More to come...
The Brooklyn-based 3D printing company introduced new models including the Makerbot Replicator Mini and Z18
Bre Pettis at CES 2014
(Credit: Josh Miller/CNET)
On Monday at the Consumer Electronics Show, Makerbot chief executive Bre Pettis unveiled something "epic."
And it's for making big, epic things, he said. The CEO announced the Replicator Z18, for printing large objects, as large as having the dimensions of 12 by 12 by 18 inches tall.
If you've been hampered with how big you can make things, then no more," said Pettis. The industrial strength printer was one of three new models he unveiled today. The other two are a new Replicator "prosumer" machine, and a Replicator Mini.
"It's not, are you going to get a 3D printer, it's which Makerbot printer are you going to get?" he said.
For many, Makerbot has become the de facto steward of 3D printing, with an outspoken CEO and a slick flagship store in New York City. The company, founded in 2009 by Pettis, was aquired in June by Stratasys for $403 million. Pettis boasts that there are more than 44,000 Makerbots in the world. The company has an online community called Thingiverse and even allows for 3D printing of prosthetic for children with a project called Robo-Hand.
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Pettis also announced a partnership with SoftKinetic, a 3D sensor company, though details other details were scant.
Though the technology has been around for some time, 3D has had quite the coming out party recently. It stoked controversy when the world's first fully 3D printed gun was made last May. Other companies like Shapeways, a 3D printing marketplace, have gotten the attention of investors like Andreessen Horowitz, a prominent Silicon Valley venture capital firm. And just like any good flag bearers for a nascent technology, Makerbot is leading the didactic push toward ubiquity -- recently announcing that it hopes to get 3D printers into every school.
Developing. More to come...
