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Photo: Shapeways Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz plays the investing game different from much of its VC cohort. Rather than scattering its money around a relatively large number of startups, the Silicon Valley firm places big bets on a handful of companies and industries. Today, Andreessen Horowitz is placing a very big bet, $30 million, on Shapeways and 3-D printing. Shapeways is doing for manufacturing, what the internet did for self-publishing, making it accessible to everyone, says Chris Dixon, the Andreessen Horowitz general partner who led the firm’s investment in the New York City-based company. Make Your 3D Designs Come To Life. Connecting consumers with local 3D printers. Union Kitchen. Building Internet of Things. 3D Relief from BumpyPhoto. Those of you that thought the 3D printed sculptures of unborn children were a bit strange (creepy) will probably get a kick out of this: 3D reliefs from 2D pictures.
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Africa needs more people with the skills to fabricate something than additional people with oratory prowess.
Our continent has missed the industrial revolution and mass production manufacturing, but there is a new upcoming revolution based on digital manufacturing and 3D printing. It’ll be something so transformational that we can’t just afford to miss it. (More on digital manufacturing and 3D printing later) Turkish foundry invests in a VX500 3D printer, sees great potential in 3D printing. Feb.11, 2013 The Turkish foundry industry has established itself as a major player in the international supplier market.
Ünimetal, which is based in Istanbul, is one of Turkey's leading foundries. The company specialises in the manufacture of precision components for demanding industries such as the aviation, defence, medical, electronics and automotive industries. Its customer base includes well-known companies from around the world. Kits and Revolutions. Earth-orbiting satellite can be used by anyone. Materialise. Quality Used Building and Remodeling Materials. First "scan to print" 3D printing shop in France. Jan.16, 2013 After the first 3D printing shop announced its opening in Paris, last week another 3D printing shop is opened in France near Toulouse.
From idea to a company: Prototyping and manufacturing on a Makerbot 3D printer. Jan.21, 2013 Square, owned by Twitter inventor Jack Dorsey, is a handful mobile wallet app that offers sales data to small businesses.
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Many businesses use a “provide and pray” approach, expecting online community participation to just happen. It’s just one of the reasons why communities fail. Open source electronic projects. Carbon Fiber is the New Black® Trends for 2013 for the Local Food Movement. Where are the big trends of 2012 going to lead the local food movement in 2013?
It takes a lot of research and conversations to fine tune software for the local food movement, so we’ve spent much of the past year doing just that – in the course of our endeavours we have probably spoken with over 300 food distributors, a plethora of small farmers, a large number of business people & academics looking at food systems, and read one or two articles about where the food movement has come from and is headed. So here’s our thoughts on the spaces to watch in 2013. Big Data. Journey to Forever. How to create a successful open source business model - Open Source Insider. This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Open Source Insider blog by Dr Shay David, co-founder of the Kaltura "first and only" open source online video platform.
David co-author's this piece with Zohar Babin, Kaltura's senior director of community who currently heads up the firm's 50,000 members strong developer group. Open source projects are measured by the size of their developer communities, by market adoption, by the number of downloads and other such metrics; companies are measured in terms of revenue and profits. Often, attempts at maximising profit can conflict with the interests of the community or the adoption metrics. So how can competing interests be aligned?
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