MakerBot has previously opened several Innovation Centers at colleges in the US, providing the schools with a complete suite of MakerBot products. The company is now expanding that program with what it calls the MakerBot® Starter Lab, a method for any institution, commercial, educational, or otherwise. The Starter Lab, like the Innovation Centers, is stocked with all of MakerBot’s products, but at a slightly smaller scale.
The company envisions such institutions as K-12 schools, colleges, libraries, and possibly small businesses, adopting the Starter Lab, which includes all of the following MakerBot goods and services, according to the Lab website: “4 MakerBot Replicator Desktop 3D Printers, 1 MakerBot Replicator Z18 3D Printer, 1 MakerBot Replicator Mini Compact 3D Printer, 1 MakerBot Digitizer Desktop 3D Scanner, 10 swappable MakerBot Replicator Smart Extruders, MakerBot Starter Lab Workshop & Q&A session,, Expert installation, MakerCare Protection Plans for all hardware and six-month hardware warranty, Free downloads of MakerBot Desktop, MakerBot Printshop, and MakerBot Mobile, 80 spools of the most popular MakerBot PLA Filament True, Translucent, and specialty colors (include Small, Large and XXL) Cart, Spool Holder, and grease packet for MakerBot Replicator Z18, Racking and build plate tape.”
So far, two colleges have received the Starter Lab, including Union College in Schenectady, New York, which received the package as an alumni donation, and the State University of New York College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill (SUNY Cobleskill), which may have been inspired by SUNY New Paltz’s acquisition of the Innovation Center package, which includes some 30+ machines. …
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