3D Printing - Startup Digest - Do It Yourself - September 30th - October 7th

3D Printing September 30, 2016 Hey you! Nothing much interesting going down this week. Fairly quiet. With that said, in this digest, we'll be covering: 1.) DIY Projects 2.) Mattel's delay 3.) Questionable project involving reproducing robots I am currently reading "On The Shortness of Life" by Seneca -- it's a short book on the topic of Stoicism. Essentially, it is philosophy without mental masturbation. Check it out: https://www.amazon.com/Shortness-Life-Penguin-Great-Ideas/dp/0143036327/ Until next time my friend, Dilanka 3D Printing Startup Digest is curated by: Dilanka - Growth @ AstroPrint Contact Dilanka at dilanka.wettewa@startupdigestmail.com How mobile commerce really works Americans are now doing almost 33% of their online shopping on mobile devices. But what happens when you click “buy” isn’t as simple as it seems. A lot has to happen at lightning speed, with ironclad security, for mobile commerce to work. Check out this infographic, which lays out the entire process, by clicking here. Want to support diversity in tech? Throughout September, Betabrand will donate $5 from every Dress Pant Yoga Pants purchase to the Techstars Foundation, a nonprofit working to improve diversity in technology entrepreneurship. [DIY] - Open Source Prosthetic Hand Jenik - prusahand.org Have you heard of Prusa Hand? It's a DIY Prosthetic Hand designed by a dude named Jenik. It's very much in the same category is E-NABLE where they have crowdsourced the concept of 3D Printing prosthetic hands -- except, you can now do it on your own in your home. [DIY] - Iron Man imgur - imgur.com When you have enough free time and a 3D Printer, this is what's possible. [INDUSTRY] - Mattel's Thingmaker Delayed Mattel - Mattel Remember the Thingmaker? It's a $300 3D Printer aimed at children. We've been talking about it for quite a while. Unfortunately, it won't be coming out this year. Instead, it's been pushed to Fall of 2017 (instead of next month). [VIDEO] - Reproducing Robots YouTube - YouTube Not sure if this is complete bullshit or not -- I'll let you figure that out. I was entertained enough to include it in this week's digest.  Manage Subscription Submit Event Submit Resource View in Browser You are receiving this email because you believe that the best startup articles and videos are made by active members of the startup community. Startup Digest, © 2009-2016 by Techstars Central LLC. All rights reserved. Startup Digest is a registered trademark of Techstars Central, LLC. Privacy Policy | Terms of Use.

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