New Matter 3D printer Before New Matter the company, there was just a guy with the notion that 3D printing was too complicated. Steve Schell, a Caltech grad with strong ties to Idealab in Pasadena, California, felt strongly that the widespread adoption of 3D printers as a form of creative expression would require a major advancement in ease-of-use. We met up with Steve Schell at a 3D printing conference in Burbank in late January, 2014 just after Idealab had funded his company, known at that time as IdeaShaper. Over lunch, Steve talked about his plan for creating not just a 3D printer, but an end-to-end solution for creative expression. He explained that the 3D printer would be affordable, would connect wirelessly to an online library of 3D files, and would come with user friendly software

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