MakerBot – The application to control the 3D printer from iPhone outside the home

Check the printer 3D iPhone is now possible thanks to MakerBot, the official application of the company that manufactures 3D printers for home environments and not only: it is free and can be downloaded on the App Store.

The 3D printer, albeit currently a niche accessory saw the price still too high, is slowly entering the homes of people who, fascinated by this new technology, have fun and print almost anything through the three-dimensional printing.

Connect to a computer like any common printer, receive input from the user through the specific software that loads the configuration file of the object that want to make: everything else will think the printer, layer by layer, the build requested object. If, until now, this could be managed by the desk at home, evolution has ensured that everything can finally be managed comfortably by the iPhone, in addition to mobility.

Even if the user is not at home, he has to do is open the application on the iPhone MakerBot, choose the 3D drawing to print and start printing remotely: as soon as you return home, you will find the item you want ready for use.

Currently, the application only allows you to start printing, and in case you want to cancel or suspend it must be within the same WiFi network to which the printer is attached: also, in the future will be fully integrated notifications for the printing, the total remote monitoring of 3G and 4G, and much more.

Thanks to the power of cloud computing, users will have access to more than 300,000 downloadable digital drawings by Thinginverse or directly to those already present within your own personal library, load them in the app and start printing from your phone.

The application is free and is available on the App Store for the iPhone. It important to point out that it is compatible with any printer MakerBot Replicator 3D fifth generation, so even the MakerBot Replicator Desktop 3D Printer already available on Amazon.