Lapho I-3Doodler yethulwe ku-Kickstarter esikhathini esingaphezudlwana konyaka odlule, yahlangatshezwa nomdlandla wemali engaphezudlwana ka-$2.34 million USD. Nakuba ngokuqinisekile yephule isikhunta sokuthi iphrinta ye-3D 'ingaba' yini, iphinde yahlangabezwa nemikhawulo ethile kusukela kusayizi kuya kuzinketho zefilament...kodwa lokho akuzange kubonakale kwehlisa ukuthengiswa. Ngobude obungu-6.45 amayintshi nobubanzi obungaphezudlwana nje kwengxenye ye-intshi, i I-LIX 3D Printing Pen yiyona yonke into eyenza i-3Doodler ibe yinhle…kuphakheji ye-aluminium eshelelezi ye-minimalist.

I-LIX 3D Printing Pen

Ngomkhankaso wabo ozayo we-Kickstarter, i-LIX impela isemathubeni okuthatha eyayo ipeni lokuphrinta le-3D. Kodwa njengoba amapeni okuphrinta e-3D ehamba kancane engena kwejwayelekile, ukusetshenziswa kwawo kubaklami nonjiniyela kuseyindawo ethize empunga. Ngalesi sikhathi, abadali be-LIX bahlose ukugcwalisa izikhala zenkinga ezibonwa kumapeni okuphrinta e-3D akhona (noma ukucacisa kakhudlwana...i-3Doodler):

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Ngokuphambene, ungezwa kabanzi mayelana nohlangothi lokuthuthukiswa lokudala ipeni lokuphrinta le-3D kusiqephu se-EngineerVsDesigner esisikhiphe ngonyaka odlule no-Max Bogue, omunye wabasunguli be-3Doodler ekuphakameni komkhankaso wabo we-Kickstarter:

Uma ungathanda ukuhlala ku-loop eholela ekuqalisweni kwayo okusazonqunywa kwe-Kickstarter, yiya ku- I-Lix Pen ukuze uthole izaziso zokuqalisa.

(Izithombe nge I-Lix Pen)

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USimon ungumklami wezimboni ozinze eBrooklyn noManaging Editor we-EVD Media. Lapho ethola isikhathi sokuklama, ukugxila kwakhe ekusizeni ama-startups athuthukise izixazululo zokwenza uphawu nezokuklama ukuze abone umbono wabo wokuklanywa komkhiqizo. Ngaphezu komsebenzi wakhe kwaNike nakwamanye amaklayenti ahlukahlukene, uyisizathu esikhulu sokuthi noma yini yenziwe e-EvD Media. Wake wabambana buzzard we-alligator wase-Alaskan phansi ngezandla zakhe… ukuhlenga uJosh.