On 2/18/2015 7:13 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Wednesday, February 18, 2015 08:50:21 PM Gregg Eshelman wrote: >> On 2/18/2015 7:07 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: >>> In any event, I still think you paint them (Tormach) with much too >>> black a brush. >> >> The company that deserves that is Makerbot. Another one is RAMBUS, >> where when Intel, Micron and some other companies went together to >> create a new computer memory standard to replace SDRAM, one member >> sneakily filed patents and trademarks on it all, then proceeded to >> file lawsuits. >> > Quite familiar with the RAMBUS debacle, but MakerBot seems to be a new > entry in the extra rectums dept. Links plz, I like to stay reasonably up > to date. But if no great coverage on slashdot, I've likely slept thru it. > My fault of course, but... ;-)
Makerbot was an early adopter and commercializer of the DIY Fusion Deposition Manufacturing technology, once the RepRap project got to the point of producing fully functional 3D printer designs. Look up makerbot patent controversy Makerbot was bought by 3D Systems. One of their products is a ridiculously overpriced 3D laser scanner, which can be built far cheaper with a turntable, any decent USB video camera, a laser line level and some free software. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=190641631&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
