Michigan Technological University & America Makes Develop New 3D Controller

Michigan Technological University teamed up with America Makes to develop a new open-source, web-based 3D controller. The free software is called Franklin, and the firmware was written by Bas Wijnen, a Michigan Tech PhD candidate who created it as part of his America Makes project to develop inexpensive 3D metal printers. Wijnen and his project have already demonstrated their ability to produce a metal 3D printer that costs less than $1200. The Franklin 3D software package takes its name from Benjamin Franklin, who is one of the United States' founding fathers and a prolific inventor and scientist, and made all of his inventions and discoveries available to anyone who wanted to use and improve them. You can read more at 3DPrint.com: https://3dprint.com/137455/america-makes-michigan-tech/
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