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Voxel8 is a spin-off from Harvard's Lewis Lab. More info on their work:

http://www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/526521/microsc...

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This is correct. We've licensed much of the IP from the lab and plan on commercializing it through Voxel8.

We've designed the printer heads to be modular, and after the printer is released we plan on releasing new extruder heads designed to work with new materials. Some of the more interesting materials from the lab are the carbon fiber reinforced epoxy and the flexible electronics materials.

Let me know if anyone has any questions!

Any plan to offer this as a service? Wouldn't have a use for the printer itself, but the electronics-in-cavity printing technique alone could be useful for prototyping devices that would otherwise require a lot of manual assembly.

No plans now, we want to focus on building and selling the machine itself. Maybe one of the current 3D printing services will buy one and offer prints however.

Who are the target consumers?

Prototyping shops, government or academic labs, makerspaces, and hardware startups.

They also used to post on HN Who's Hiring. (They didn't response to my inquiry.)

I apologize, I make an honest attempt to reply to everyone who responded to the Who's Hiring post. I must have lost your email somehow.

We will be hiring again soon, please reach out to me at jack@voxel8.co

Thanks for following up. No worries, I'm sure the HN posts generate a lot of interest. I found something, but good luck. It seems like you guys are doing some great work.

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