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Snapmaker launches $150,000 Innovation Fund for open source 3D printing
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Snapmaker is celebrating its 10th anniversary by giving back to the 3D printing community in a big way.
Key facts
- Phase 1 starts now and runs to September 7, and will award 20 prizes
- Sapelli told Tom’s Hardware that the remaining $100,000 of the Innovation Fund will be used for an Open Competition to sponsor future projects
- Full Spectrum, along with a new tool called Surface Color Stitch, will be included in Snapmaker Orca
- Snapmaker is also hosting a “Make Something Colorful” model contest that will wrap up on June 16th, with winners announced on June 23
Summary
"The U1 didn't get here alone, it stood on the shoulders of a community decades in the making," said Blayne Sapelli, Head of Global PR at Snapmaker. Supporting open-source projects is nothing new to Snapmaker. Full Spectrum, along with a new tool called Surface Color Stitch, will be included in Snapmaker Orca. “We believe the most important innovations in the maker community come from the maker community,” said Daniel Chen, CEO of Snapmaker. Sapelli told Tom’s Hardware that the remaining $100,000 of the Innovation Fund will be used for an Open Competition to sponsor future projects.