RUG/Pennsylvania/State College/RepRap Media Timeline

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This page is a summary of 3D printing stories in press/tv/etc with a focus on RepRap in particular, but with some inclusion of other similar technologies.

Rules: Add entries by year, including the date, a relevant link, what the original source is (especially if you have a youtube video from some TV show), and a note of who added that example (you, as in your name on this wiki).

2005

March 23rd; The RepRap blog started [[1]]

June 2nd; Reprap project discussed in "The Machine that can make anything" by Simon Hooper on CNN.com [[2]] -DSJ

2006

2007

2008

September 23rd; It is estimated that at least 100 copies have been produced in various countries.

2009

2010

2011

January 12; 'The Wow Factor of 3-D Printing,' an article in the New York Times about consumer 3-D printers. It mentions Reprap, MakerBot, and Bits From Bytes. [3] -rbdschur

June 8th; Bre Pettis, founder of Makerbot Industries, makes a guest appearance on the Colbert Report discussing the relevance of 3D printing in modern society [[4]] - ktrippsu

August 23rd; Makerbot announces that they are accepting $10 million in startup money[[5]] -DSJ

Fall 2011; Open Hybrid Mendel Design is tested at Penn State University Park Campus. Not really a media link, but I've put this here so you can think about this. -DSJ