Shapeways, the Etsy for 3D-Printing, Raises $6.2 M. Led By New York City’s...
Reinventing design and manufacturing for the 3D-printing age sounds more capital-intensive than your run-of-the-mill social networking app. Thus to fund its growth, Shapeways, a Dutch company now...
View ArticleStartup News: Kickstarter Expands to the U.K.; Bing Volunteerism Comes to Harlem
The Bing Summer of Doing campaign starts in New York today. Stay tuned Kickstarter announced via tweet yesterday that, starting this fall, U.K. residents will be able to use the crowdfunding platform...
View ArticleShapeways Can Now 3D Print Pretty Much Anything You Can Goddam Think Of
"Drips" (Photo: Shapeways.com) Shapeways, the Etsy of 3D printing, which moved to New York in after an investment from Union Square Ventures, is poised to open a "factory of the future" in Long Island...
View ArticleAt a Ribbon-Cutting for Shapeways’‘Factory of the Future,’ Bloomberg Talks...
The crowded presser for the factory of the future. (Photo: Shapways' Instagram) This morning, Betabeat ventured forth to the industrial environs of Long Island City for a ribbon-cutting at what's being...
View ArticleTech Insurgents 2012: Marleen Vogelaar
Ms. Vogelaar. The Manufacturing Maven When 3D-printing startup Shapeways held a ribbon-cutting for its new “factory of the future” last month, more pols were in attendance than at a Hurricane Sandy...
View ArticleStaples Takes a Flying Leap Onto the 3D Printing Bandwagon–in Europe
A 3D-printed Santa hat. (Photo: flickr.com/creative_tools) Hrm: Staples, that place your office manager disappears to twice a week, has just announced its very own 3D printing service, in partnership...
View ArticleRumor Roundup: Artsy’s Art Basel Bust and the $50,000 Tip That Wasn’t
Basel Bust? Artsy’s invite for its Art Basel party this year--thrown by Chanel--was positively littered with enticing cohosts. “On behalf of Carter Cleveland, Larry Gagosian, Wendi Murdoch, Peter Theil...
View Article3D Interest: Shapeways Tops Fast-Risers in SecondMarket Fourth Quarter Report
Shapeways attracted lots of eyeballs in the fourth quarter of last year, and not just for stunts like this. According to a report from SecondMarket, the 3D printing marketplace gained interest on...
View ArticleKids, Hackers and Geena Davis All Shared Space at Maker Faire This Weekend
Mousetrap havoc. (Photo: Andrew Kelly for NYSCI.) This weekend, tens of thousands of DIY enthusiasts, families and plain old nerds packed inside the 7 train for the trip to Maker Faire, held as always...
View ArticleYou Can Now Buy a Totally Fake, Plastic Google Glass Replica Online
Here's a Google Glass-shaped piece of plastic. (Shapeways) Are you getting bullied by all your geeky friends because you applied to be a Google Glass Explorer, but didn't get chosen? Now you can trick...
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