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Middle School Science Students learn 3D printing

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Matthews, NC December 10, 2013 – New technology trends are sweeping the nation and Socrates Academy in Matthews, NC is no exception.  Students in 7th and 8th grade Science classes have been experimenting with 3D printing, using a CubeX Duo.Kris Dell, from Applied Software, Inc., the parent of an 8th grade student at Socrates Academy allowed the school to borrow the 3D printer.  She demonstrates 3D printing at universities, high schools, and corporations throughout the Charlotte area.

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MakerBot Retail | 3D Print Services Now Available At All Stores

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Today, we’re expanding the offering to our Greenwich, CT and Boston, MA locations.Just walk into a MakerBot® Retail Store near you with an STL, OBJ, or Thing file on a USB drive, and sign up.Then bring your project to life using one of our in-store MakerBot® Replicator® 2 Desktop 3D Printers.Eager to try 3D printing but not sure where to begin?Find some inspiration on the MakerBot® Thingiverse® 3D Design Community.

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MakerBot Partners | A Novel Experience with Chang-rae Lee

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Riverhead Books has teamed up with MakerBot to create a limited-edition 3D printed slipcase for award-winning novelist Chang-rae Lee’s upcoming novel, On Such a Full Sea. It’s due to be released on January 7th, 2014.Helen Yentus and members of the MakerBot team designed the slipcase, and 200 of them will be made with the MakerBot® Replicator® 2 Desktop 3D Printer.Each will include a copy of the book signed by Lee.The Perfect Complement With so much writing migrating to digital media, it’s exciting for readers who prefer physical books to have a connection to a leading-edge technology while still enjoying the pleasures of the printed page.

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ShapeJS: From JavaScript to Ornament App

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Last month, we introduced ShapeJS, and were excited by all the things developers are creating with it.In the spirit of the season, we wanted to share our new favorite ShapeJS app: The Ornament Creator.Its an easy and fun tool for you to play with for the holidays: just sketch a squiggle, upload the image, and well wrap it around a sphere to create a unique ornament for your tree!Just be sure to order by December 16th to ensure delivery for Christmas.Try it out and please leave us your feedback here, since ShapeJS is still in beta and were seeking to improve it.

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MakerBot MakerWare 2.4.1 | Release

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The most recent version of MakerBot® MakerWare™, the software that drives your MakerBot®  Desktop 3D Printer, is now available for download.Version 2.4.1 has some big upgrades, particularly for MakerBot® Dissolvable Filament for MakerBot® Replicator® 2X Experimental 3D Printers.The newest version of MakerWare comes equipped with a new custom profile for MakerBot Dissolvable Filament.

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MakerBot Stories | Taking the Pulse of Climate Change

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“The real uncertain part is species diversity,” says Adam Wolf, a postdoctoral fellow at Princeton University who studies how different kinds of plants respond to changes in water availability.From Modeler to Maker Wolf once relied on mathematical models that predict how plants grow, but these models are mostly “agnostic to species,” says Wolf.“So I became someone who builds tools.” Taking Nature’s Pulse Wolf is a co-founder of the Princeton University Low-Cost Sensors for the Environment (PULSE) Lab, which bundles sensors collecting climate data with a cell phone transceiver so the data can be sent on a schedule as a text message to a PULSE server.3D Printing the Pods “The original plan was to make everything out of extruded aluminum,” says Wolf, who prototyped the PULSE pods on a MakerBot Replicator 2 Desktop 3D Printer.

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MakerBot Academy I Be the Change You Wish to See

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A couple of weeks ago, we announced the launch of MakerBot Academy, our initiative with America Makes to put a MakerBot® Replicator® 2 Desktop 3D Printer in every school in America.This is a huge initiative that can empower students to create, make, and share 3D designs with the next generation of digital tools.Our First Educational Undertaking Public schoolteachers are the focus of MakerBot Academy’s initial drive.Through DonorsChoose.org, they can crowdsource the necessary funds to purchase a MakerBot Desktop 3D Printer bundle we’re offering at a great discount.

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ShapeJS Beta Launch

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Can you write code but don’t know how to 3D model?We just launched ShapeJS!For those of you who know basic programming, you can now easily generate 3D printable objects via a simple JavaScript program.  How does it work?ShapeJS is a language and development environment that generates printable math art, shapes, or that manipulates images and geometry to create products of various forms.

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Watch our API movie and join our API workshop at the 3D Printshow!

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London is all about 3D printing the next three days.Join one of our API workshops  at the 3D printshow and watch the movies to find out how you could benefit from our API’s!During the 3D Printshow, Our business Process Manager, Wim, will introduce you to our API: Thursday, 7th of November: 2.00- 2.45 PM in the Cone.

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The Future on Display: 3D Printing at the London Science Museum

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From October 9, 2013, to February 10, 2014, the London Science Museum will feature an awe-inspiring and eye-opening exhibition on 3D printing, showcasing the technology’s current capabilities and shedding some insight on what the future holds.In addition to displaying over 600 3D printed objects, “3D: Printing the Future” goes behind the scenes of 3D content creation through the exploration of 3D scanning and shows off prints from a wide array of materials, including nylon, titanium and sandstone.The exhibit delves beneath the modern hype of 3D printing to show the prolific applications of 3D printing and what it will enable, from patient specific medical solutions to human cell replication to original and imaginative art pieces that unleash the creative potential  in all of us.Click to see a video from The Telegraph Though centered on technology, the 3D printing exhibit is uniquely personal, with 3D scanned and printed models of museum visitors...

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