What happens when you have a design for a laser cutter (2D parts) but only have access to a 3D printer? You punt.

The beauty? The majority of the hardware is laser cut which means you already have the means to convert your laser cutter into a 3D printer. The design files are available on their GitHub.

Laser cutters use lasers to cut shapes into existing material, but Rice University scientists have figured out how to make one build objects instead of cut them. The result is the $2,000 3D ...

Makerarm is a robotic 3D printer, laser cutter, drawing and ink printer, fabricator and assembly machine all rolled into one that fits on a desktop and promises to make pretty much anything ...