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04-09-2014, 12:40 PM
Micro 3D Printer Blasts Through $1 Million on Kickstarter in a Day
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Is there a market for a small, cheap, consumer 3D printer? That question was answered Monday when Micro, a $299 3D printer, hit its Kickstarter funding goal of $50,000 in mere 11 minutes and continued to raise $1.46 million less than two full days after the campaign started
Its creator, a Bethesda, Md. company called M3D, calls the Micro (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/m3d/the-micro-the-first-truly-consumer-3d-printer) the "most affordable 3D printer that can be used right out of the box."
See also: A 3D Printer Could Be Your Future Tattoo Artist (http://mashable.com/2014/04/08/3d-printed-tattoo/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
The Micro is a cube-shaped device, 7.3-inch wide and weighing roughly 2.2 lbs. It works with *******, Mac and Linux, has a USB-compatible connection, and supports a number of different materials, including ABS, PLA and Nylon. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/09/micro-3d-printer-2/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
More about 3d Printer (http://mashable.com/category/3d-printer/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), 3d Printing (http://mashable.com/category/3d-printing/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Tech (http://mashable.com/tech/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Gadgets (http://mashable.com/gadgets/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), and The Micro (http://mashable.com/category/the-micro/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/1UIifmDqFm8
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Is there a market for a small, cheap, consumer 3D printer? That question was answered Monday when Micro, a $299 3D printer, hit its Kickstarter funding goal of $50,000 in mere 11 minutes and continued to raise $1.46 million less than two full days after the campaign started
Its creator, a Bethesda, Md. company called M3D, calls the Micro (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/m3d/the-micro-the-first-truly-consumer-3d-printer) the "most affordable 3D printer that can be used right out of the box."
See also: A 3D Printer Could Be Your Future Tattoo Artist (http://mashable.com/2014/04/08/3d-printed-tattoo/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
The Micro is a cube-shaped device, 7.3-inch wide and weighing roughly 2.2 lbs. It works with *******, Mac and Linux, has a USB-compatible connection, and supports a number of different materials, including ABS, PLA and Nylon. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/09/micro-3d-printer-2/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
More about 3d Printer (http://mashable.com/category/3d-printer/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), 3d Printing (http://mashable.com/category/3d-printing/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Tech (http://mashable.com/tech/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Gadgets (http://mashable.com/gadgets/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), and The Micro (http://mashable.com/category/the-micro/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/1UIifmDqFm8