CHICAGO - The White House celebrated the "National Week of Making" June 12-18, 2015 and kicked off the week with an event that included updates on the President’s call to action to create a "Nation of Makers." During that meeting, Inventables CEO, Zach Kaplan, stood up and committed to donate a 3D carving machine to a school in every state in the union. 

 

In response to President Obama’s call to create a "Nation of Makers," the company announced that access to 3D Carving, a powerful technology capable of creating precision parts and designs from materials like wood, plastic and metal, would be made possible for 50 schools in the United States through a contest.

 

"We believe that to ignite the digital manufacturing revolution, we need to provide free access to these important 3D carving tools to as many schools as possible," said Kaplan. "By the end of the decade, we want every school in the United States to have a 3D Carving machine."

 

Based in Chicago, Inventables' goal is to ignite a revolution in digital fabrication with its 3D carving ecosystem. It's Easel software, a web-based software platform that allows a user to design and carve from a single program, is available as a free application and works seamlessly with the Carvey and X-­Carve 3D carvers.

 

Inventables hopes that access to a free machine and free software will help educate future generations and reboot American manufacturing education, and allow people to start their own independent manufacturing businesses in the United States. The machines work with Easel to allow anyone to go from idea to creation without any specialized knowledge or training.

 

"Our goal is to keep the digital manufacturing revolution going by giving tomorrow’s thinkers the tools they need to become tomorrow’s entrepreneurs," said Kaplan. "We are giving individuals the power to launch their own business...and creating alternatives to offshoring what America builds, which will create more jobs here in the U.S."