Discussing energy, open source innovation, 3D printing and philosophical themes
I frequently listen to the AllThings3D podcast during my commute, I really recommend it (Link). If you want to learn about relevant developments in 3D printing, it’s a great source and digest. Tonight I...
My personal goal is to really impact global wealth in a positive way. Often people are surprised when I say I studied economics and now develop and sell 3D printing technology. This could not...
We were lucky to be featured in Tegenlicht. Tegenlicht are exceptional documentary makers who go in depth into major issues of humanity. The part where I’m being interviewed starts at around 34 minutes. Most...
I’m really excited that our company has just started offering fully assembled Ultimakers in addition to the kits!! The Ultimaker: the Fast, high-detail 3D printer! Don’t worry, we won’t drop the kits from our...
At Codebits, an amazing event organized by Sapo (an awesome, innovative Portugese company) a lot of nice stuff was happening. Besides a 48 hour programming contest, there was a hardware hacking den. This is...
Beautiful view of the river in Bern With al the busy-ness at Ultimaker I haven’t traveled much. Finally I had a nice trip to Switzerland, to give a talk and meet our friends from...
We’ve been really busy with many developments at Ultimaker! Most notably: the Ultimaker Controller, reducing lead times, adding individual 3D printer parts and lowering the overall shipping costs. Also, we’re releasing an improved version...
Usually, during the weekend I spend my time working on Ultimaker as a company, or I have social obligations. For this weekend, my wife surprised me in an original and heartwarming way. She said...
Last week was the 3D printing event in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Ultimaker exhibited there together with about 20 other Ultimakers, shown by their proud operators (see this Ultimaker blog post). There were also RepRaps,...
Bernhard, an Ultimaker power-user at MetaLab Vienna, has gotten the Sprinter firmware working on an Ultimaker. Sprinter is written by Kliment and Caru, based on Triffid Hunter’s codebase, based on FiveD [update]oops, it’s based...
You should see this amazing solar powered 3D printer that sinters ordinary sand into glass. Both the source of energy and material are pretty much unlimited. I wonder if you could one day print...
Good news, everyone! Finally, the Ultimaker is shipping. It took much more work that we had ever imagined, and we knew it would be hard to design a complete machine from scratch and also...
Peter Hanna of Ars Technica wrote an article on copyright implications once 3D printing becomes more common. Surprisingly, when opening the article I saw a picture of myself (I had nothing to do with...
The last few months have been very busy ones for us, we done quite some testing with the Ultimaker, started a company, searched for the right material suppliers, worked on our webshop and so...
With your feedback, my cousin Gerald has taken the new stepper driver’s design a step further. Click here to read more.
Ik was zojuist op “De wereld draait door” met onze Ultimaker! Hier is de aflevering nogmaals te zien. Om 6 minuut 50 seconden begint het over Ultimaker en 3D printers:Leuk om alle reacties te...
First of all I would like to introduce myself. The current PCB layout, click on it for a larger version. My name is Gerald Ebberink and I am a first cousin of Erik. During...
Photo: A christmas tree designed by Paulloricca and printed on the Ultimaker 3D printer in biodegradable PLA.
So much is happening, that I hardly have time to blog it all! In the meantime I’ve finished my thesis, presented at FSCONS and graduated! And if that wasn’t enough, last week I demo’ed...
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