• Creating a Jig for the Handibot Smart Tool

    by  • March 28, 2014 • 2 Comments

    This week, I’m getting ready for a number of upcoming STEM education-related conferences and festivals.  I’ll be taking both a ShopBot Desktop and a Handibot tool, and want to have attendees get the thrill of running a ShopBot. I use what I call the “3 minute demo” that lets someone design a sign in...

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    An Update for our Kickstarter Supporters!

    by  • January 24, 2014 • 0 Comments

    Hello! The other day we posted an update for our backers on the Kickstarter page — but it’s possible that a technical glitch, gremlin or misplaced gezundheit prevented our supporters from receiving an email about it. So..  here’s a link to the update. Check it out! Lots to report. We’re working away to open...

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    Thanks Core77, for the nice shout out!

    by  • December 31, 2013 • 0 Comments

    Do you know about Core77? You should. Since the mid-90’s, Core77.com has served a devoted global audience of industrial designers ranging from students through seasoned professionals — with tons of useful articles, discussion forums, an extensive event calendar, portfolio hosting, job listings, a database of design firms, schools, vendors and services. Core77 provides a...

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    Boston ABX was Buzzing about Handibot

    by  • November 22, 2013

    ShopBot Tools was excited to participate at ArchitectureBoston Expo (ABX) Nov. 19 -21 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. ABX is one of the largest events for the design and construction industry in the country, and the largest regional conference and tradeshow in New England — a perfect venue for us to introduce...

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    Kickstarter Update

    by  • November 7, 2013 • 0 Comments

    We are excited to announce that there are 50 new Handibot owners enjoying their tools. From what we’ve heard and seen, we have a very creative and diverse group making up our early-adopter Handibot community. We hope more of you will join in and show off how you are using, or plan to use,...

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    Latest updates!

    by  • September 30, 2013

      Hello Handibot fans, We’ve been working hard to implement design improvements that were conceived during testing of preproduction tools both by outside beta testers and by us in-house. We are quite happy with the results and think you will be too! We’ll share with you below some of the many updates and improvements...

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    This power tool runs on ideas. Got some to share?

    by  • September 8, 2013

    From the start, we’ve known that the key to success with our Handibot Smart Tool was a sort of “chicken/egg” problem. Which comes first? The smart tool, or the library of apps that run it? We believe the answer is “both.” Of course we now have a pretty amazing, and still evolving, Handibot Smart...

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