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Spinoff story
Large-Scale 3D Printer Brings Manufacturing to the Masses
A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.
About this technology
Overview
A team of former Johnson Space Center employees founded re:3D in Houston, Texas with a vision to bring additive manufacturing power to the developing world. Drawing on skills they honed at NASA, the team built an inexpensive printer 30 times larger than competing desktop models. They have customers worldwide, including right at NASA, but they continue to work toward their development mission by donating one for every hundred printers sold.