[HH] hardware startups starting to resemble software startups, outsourcing prototypes to Sculpteo

[Tom Metro]

Tom Metro wrote:
> An article in TechRepublic describes a hardware startup running on a low
> budget and using rapid prototyping (3D printing) to iterate their
> product, following a model similar to a software startup.
> 
> Not the article's author, but another author from TechRepublic summaries
> the story in this video clip:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLhgZ5VRHz0#t=810

The "Daily Tech News Show", from which the above video clip came from,
had a follow-up commentary on the story:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHOY6MP9n4I#t=1172

in which Sculpteo (http://www.sculpteo.com/en/), a 3D printing service
in the cloud, is mentioned: "Sculpteo, they a 3D printing on demand
services company. They basically have a whole ton of 3D printers that
can print things in metal, and stuff, and they getting a ton of business
from Kickstarter type of startups, where they're basically doing a
production run of a thousand devices...hardware as a service," said
Michael Wolf.

 -Tom