Arduino to Sell 3D Printer—$800 in Kit Form or $1,000 Pre-Assembled

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Arduino, maker of the open source hardware platform of the same name, is teaming up with a startup called Sharebot to sell a 3D printer for about $1,000.

Announced today, Materia 101 will be demonstrated at the Maker Faire in Rome this weekend. An on-sale date has not been revealed.

“The printer will be available only on the Arduino Store both as a kit and pre-assembled,” the announcement said. “Official pricing of the device will be disclosed at a later date but the kit will sell for less than 600 EUR/800 USD, while the pre-assembled version will be available for less than 700 EUR/1000 USD.”