New Matter updates

[curious aardvark]

Yeah, but look !
it printer a complete tablet computer :-)

[Feign]

Haha, cute. I think the implication was that it plays nice with iPads... For whatever that's worth.

[curious aardvark]

seems to have gone a bit dead over new matter way.

With it's main rival - the micro - now shipping and getting good reviews, you'd think new matter would be ramping up the pr in preparation to their production start.

Weird.

[Robotico]

Have you not been getting their weekly updates? #41 was pretty informative.

[curious aardvark]

feign usually posts the updates.
Had a look on their website and that's pretty quiet as well.

Just seems like with a few months before they start shipping - and with the plethora of sub $400 machines popping up they'd be making a bit of noise in the industry in general.

Mind you when you've got that kind of crowdfunding startup - they don't need to do much marketing for a while.

[Feign]

Gah! Sorry! The updates keep coming but I've been much too busy to give my commentary.

Please, if there are other backers that would like to give their commentary on the updates, feel free to speak up and post about it.

I'm not even sure off the top of my head which update I commented on last time.

Yeah, update #41 had some pretty funny parts among the tech details about their stress-testing process... There's the perfect commentary for the drop test of a full unit in the shipping packaging:

"Everybody cringe in 3...2...1!"

[Feign]

Ah, okay, the last update that I commented on was Update #38 (the one with the first pic of the first production unit).

#39 was an update about the technical details of the final hotend.
#40 was about the software side of the MOD-T and the New Matter Store.
#41 was the 1 year anniversary, the endurance testing of the motors and the drop test mentioned above.
#42 (this week's update) is one of the "Meet the designers" series.

They've been anything but quiet.

[Feign]

Well, I've forgot to post the update from last week, but it included their printer testing farm and their shipping plans.

This week's update has their plans for going to CE Week in New York, but more importantly preorders for non-backers open next week!

Pre-ordered printers don't ship until all of the Indiegogo printers are shipped, so there is a 16-week delay on them. So that answers one additional question pretty definitely.

Earlier this week we received a shipment of 18 MOD-t’s from the factory, part of the second sample run as we ramp toward production. Of these 18 units, 15 will be shipped to Beta customers as soon as they’re inspected, tested, and have their firmware updated here in Pasadena.

Oh man, I think mine might be somewhere on that shelf... It's happening.

[Duck]

So are they still a few months away from backers getting their rewards?

[Duck]

How is this project coming along? I'd really like to buy one of these but want to see some in the hands of real people first.