It allows you to understand the inner workings of 3D printing technology and develop your skills in electronics and programming. The applications of a DIY 3D printer are vast.

It's worth pointing out that the Arduino Materia 101 is very similar to Sharebot's own Kiwi-3D printer, in terms of specifications and looks (it's even offered as a DIY kit).

You’ll gain hands-on experience with 3D printing, electronics assembly, and Arduino programming. These skills are valuable for any maker and can be applied to a wide range of other projects.

Arduino, the company best known for building and shipping the absurd number of microcontrollers that power many a DIY electronics project, is about to enter the 3D printing market.

Arduino may be known for revolutionizing open source hardware platforms, but this week it enters the 3D printer market with the small and affordable Materia 101. Produced in partnership with ...

3D PRINT YOUR OWN EDUCATION: A group of middle school and high school students in Cambridge, MA are the guinea pigs of an experimental program hoping to prove that students can solve the world’s ...