Brothers. Sisters. I want to apologize. For years you have put your trust in me and for years I have led you astray. Not by evil intent, but by misguided conviction. And for that, I am sorry. I believed open source and the free sharing of information would bring upon a new age. A new age of innovation, creativity and community. And, with a hopeful heart, I preached its benefits to you and reprimanded those who would twist the spirit of free and libre development. But I could not succeed.Continue reading
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Patents
Let’s talk about patents. You know, one of the things I’ve learned is that when there’s something that I’m conflicted about, the best and most civilized place to get input on that is the YouTube comments, so I do want to hear your opinions on this – but before you start typing out your take on what the current patent system does or doesn’t do well, hear me out. Because, you know, the situation of patents stopping specific products from existing is something that has been bothering me and aContinue reading
How he started the worldwide 3D printing revolution
3D printing hasn’t always just been “3D printing” – the processes and machines we know today started out as part of the open-source RepRap project and by being able to print improvements for themselves and even entirely new machines, over time, only the best approaches survived!
Will we ever see an E3D v7 hotend? News on the Toolchanger / HAF heated beds / Supervolcano!
On my roadtrip around Europe, I got to spend some time at E3D – in this video, we talk about their newly announced products around high-temperature 3D printing, what is up with the toolchanger (spoiler: it’s about to ship!) and what a future v7 hotend and next-generation Titan extruder could look like!
In loving memory of Printrbot
Printrbot closed down without much warning in July earlier this year – together with founder Brook Drumm, we take a look at where Printrbot came from and what happened to the company that started the Kickstarter hype in 3D printing!
3D printed filament spools!? Meet the Masterspool
When Richrap announced his concept of a reusable, universal, customizable, 3D printed filament spool, a lot of people got really interested. Me included! So let’s try out the Masterspool and see what this is all about.
Ultimaker 3 Impressions!
The Ultimaker 3 is here! These are the things you should know about it, its larger brother, the Ultimaker 3 Extended and the future of Ultimaker in the “Maker” market.
TCT: Why open source is life for AlephObjects, makers Lulzbot 3D printers!
Sharing is caring, right? AlephObjects take it very seriously and religiously embrace free/libre hardware and software!
TCT: James Bruton’s third BB8 and his creative process for it!
I got to learn about how James Bruton’s awesome designs and how he makes them! Check out James’ channel here or support him on Patreon. All videos from the TCT show Birmingham 2016 Huge thanks to e3d-online.com for making this trip possible!