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They can then edit these objects--changing size or adding texture--about as easily as adding an Instagram filter. The printer, engineered by inventor Steve Schell, is expected to be built with a third of the parts of its peers, allowing it to reach that $250 price point. The MOD-t is the first release of Frog Ventures, the venture design* arm of Frog (think venture capital, but with the investment being design rather than money).
Frog Ventures backed Schell's startup New Matter to bring the MOD-t to market. Frog Ventures is the firm’s development studio outside this cone of silence.
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