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Startup Digest

3D Printing

June 23, 2017

Hey you scallywag!

Hope you enjoyed the break last week. I skipped last week because news was light in the world of 3D printing.

Right now, I am at Vidcon, learning about the latest in online video. I'll be back in San Diego on Monday.

A few days ago, I tried Kambo and it was incredibly uncomfortable (and interesting). It's essentially a (legal) frog poison that certain Amazonian tribes use for spiritual journeys. 

A hippie friend of mine convinced me to try the medicine so I tried it. It involved a lot of vomiting (expected) and pain for about 30 minutes and I am still trying to understand WTF happened. :P

That's what I've been up to lately.

As far as 3D Printing goes, we'll be covering:

1.) M3D's new open source, industrial printer
2.) A TSA incident involving a mouse penis
3.) Divergent3D's 3D Printed car
4.) 3D Printing functional cameras
5.) Robo3D's expansion
6.) Helping ducks with 3D Printing
7.) A filament kickstarter
8.) ...and some Interviews.

That's it.

How have you been? Up to anything interesting?

Perhaps you have some questions or comments?

As always, hit me up by hitting reply to this email. 

Until next time, my friend,
Dilanka

Contemplation: 

"..A man is educated in proportion to his ability to understand and affect his immediate environment..." - Ivan Illich

3D Printing Startup Digest is curated by:
Dilanka

Dilanka - Growth @ AstroPrint

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[PRODUCT / NEWS] - M3D Releases its First Industrial, Open Source 3D Printer

M3d - printm3d.com

One of the more interesting announcements recently.

[ARTICLE] - TSA Finds Scientists 3D Printed Mouse Penis

Ed Yong - theatlantic.com

It would have been fun to stand behind this guy in line. Very amusing. 

[ARTICLE] - How This $28 Million Startup Hopes to Save the World With 3D Printing

Stephen Bronner - entrepreneur.com

I've covered Divergent 3D before and looks like their marketing team is doing a great job with getting their product out. The fact that they managed to get Jay Leno (who is a car nut) to cover it is arguably one of the best strategies I've seen for a company like Divergent3D. Kudos. 

[ARTICLE] - This Guy 3D Printed a Camera Because He Couldn't Afford One

Michael Zhang - petapixel.com

Obviously doesn't include the lens, but still impressive. 

[NEWS] - Robo 3D to Scale up Production with $1.8 Million Funding

Corey Clarke - 3dprintingindustry.com

Cool to see Robo3D still kicking. Although, they got a bit of heat on Twitter by for a tweet they made.

[CASE STUDY] - Helping Injured Ducks with 3D Printing

Poultry DVM - duckdvm.com

There's plenty of cases of 3D Printing helping animals, and it's always fun to see these real life case studies. 

[KICKSTARTER] - 3D Bio-Compostible Filament

Ken Aiken - kickstarter.com

The Kickstarter title sucks (too geeky) and will likely lose a lot of people, but it's still interesting. The funding goal is also quite high at > $450K. If you are interested, check it out.

[NEWS] - Contour Crafting Produces Robotic Construction 3D Printers

Clare Scott - 3dprint.com

This company allegedly is working on 3D Printers that can print (using concrete and other materials) a livable house/habitat in 24-48 hours. 

[INTERVIEW SERIES] - Next 5 Years by Christopher Elsworthy of CEL Robox

3DPI - 3dprintingindustry.com

Good interview from this continuing series. CEL Robox makes REALLY interesting, well engineered machines. I've used them myself. 

[INTERVIEW SERIES] - The Next 5 Years by Lee-Bath Nelson Co-Founder LEO Lane

3DPI - 3dprintingindustry.com

Another good interview from the series. 

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