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Why MakerBot Didn't Kickstart A 3D Printing Revolution (backchannel.com) 274

Posted by EditorDavid on Sunday December 04, 2016 @04:39AM from the building-for-builders dept.

Bre PettisâS once said MakerBot gave you a superpower -- "You can make anything you need." But four years later, mirandakatz writes that though MakerBot promised to revolutionize society, "That never happened." At Backchannel, Andrew Zaleski has the definitive, investigative account of why the 3D printing revolution hasn't yet come to pass, culled from interviews with industry observers, current MakerBot leadership, and a dozen former MakerBot employees. As he tells it, "In the span of a few years, MakerBot had to pull off two very different coups. It had to introduce millions of people to the wonders of 3D printing, and then convince them to shell out more than $1,000 for a machine. It also had to develop the technology fast enough to keep its customers happy. Those two tasks were too much for the fledgling company."

Comment Unlimited vacation eh (Score 1) 242

by dazdaz on Thursday November 19, 2015 @02:50PM (#50964247) Attached to: Survey: Tech Pros Ignoring Work-Life Balance Is a Myth

Unlimited vacation eh ? When an American says this, they actually mean 20 days of vacation. People are stupid enough to believe that unlimited means unlimited.

Teaching Kids Engineering By Building Cartoon Tech (hackaday.com) 33

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday October 15, 2015 @05:34AM from the the-family-that-builds-together dept.

szczys writes: If you're struggling to get your kids interested in electronics or other types of engineering, this is the way. Start young and focus on something they're already fascinated with. The two brothers in this article are really into the PBS cartoon Wild Kratts. There's a handheld communications device called a Creaturepod on the show. With the help of mom and dad the family built a working version of the fictional hardware. Of course having Joe Grand, a well-known professional computer engineer, as the patriarch was key in this story. But the roadmap is there for this to be replicated.

Germany To End Nuclear Power By 2022 822

Posted by samzenpus on Monday May 30, 2011 @09:48AM from the nicht-mehr-kernkraft dept.

dcollins writes "Germany on Monday announced plans to become the first major industrialized power to shut down all its nuclear plants in the wake of the disaster in Japan, with a phase-out due to be wrapped up by 2022... Germany has 17 nuclear reactors on its territory, eight of which are currently off the electricity grid... Already Friday, the environment ministers from all 16 German regional states had called for the temporary order on the seven plants to be made permanent... Monday's decision is effectively a return to the timetable set by the previous Social Democrat-Green coalition government a decade ago. And it is a humbling U-turn for Merkel, who at the end of 2010 decided to extend the lifetime of Germany's 17 reactors by an average of 12 years, which would have kept them open until the mid-2030s."

Comment Fading Eyesight - Small screen on laptops (Score 1) 515

by dazdaz on Wednesday February 22, 2006 @04:35AM (#14774995) Attached to: Switching a College from Desktops to Laptops?

I work with a laptop every day at the office and so I know from my experience that this is a bad decision.

The keyboard is too small, so I use an external keyboard.

The screen size is also too small, and I don't have an external monitor.

At the end of your day, health is important, and your eyesight will suffer from using a smaller screen over a prolonged period of time.

Also desktops are more powerful, faster and less frustrating to use.

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