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STEAM Maker Club is Back!!!


RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, CANADA January 25, 2024
 – Makerwiz, Canada’s pioneering 3D Printing Shop | Lab | Space, today announces the return of STEAM Maker Club by popular demand since the end of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Makerwiz is truly excited to present our 2024 STEAM Maker Club Membership for Kids (Aged 10-14) starting in January 2024. Students from Grade 5 to Grade 8 (Aged 10 to 14) are invited to learn from us in-person every Wednesday between 4:30 to 5:30 pm at our new location.

We offer programs for each element of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math). While each element has its own focus, we integrate creative design and critical thinking to give our curricula a unique twist with an emphasis on small-group, project-based hands-on learning.

There are three levels of membership: Copper, Silver and Gold.

Our STEAM Maker Club Copper Membership for Kids ($200$180) includes:

Our STEAM Maker Club Silver Membership for Kids ($400$360) includes:

Our STEAM Maker Club Gold Membership for Kids ($600$540) includes:

For details about schedules and topics, please visit https://makerwiz.com/maker-club. To join our STEAM Maker Club, please purchase membership here or contact us by phone at 289-637-1333 or by email at space@makerwiz.com.

Makerwiz moves to new office and launches QR8T3D.com, a “Curated” Collection of the Finest 3D Prints in the World

RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, CANADA February 28, 2023 – Makerwiz, Canada’s pioneering 3D Printing Shop | Lab | Space, today announces its move to a new office and the simultaneous launch of QR8T3D.com, a “Curated” Collection of the Finest 3D Prints in the World.

After 5 years of serving customers out of Upper Yonge Place, Makerwiz is moving its office to Venture X at 120 East Beaver Creek Road, Richmond Hill, ON L4B 4V1. The new office will continue to be open to visitors by appointment only. All other contact information remains the same.

QR8T3D.com (pronounced “curated dot com”) is a newly curated collection of amazing 3D prints around the world. Work from famous 3D designers from many different countries will be made available for purchase in the form of physical 3D prints only. With licensing agreements, the platform will initially feature popular designs from the following 10 artists:

3D Print Bunny (USA)

Cinderwing3D (USA)

Eastman (USA)

Fab365 (Korea)

Filament’s Folly (USA)

Flexi Factory (USA)

Hex3D (USA)

Makerwiz (Canada)

MiniWorld3D (Mexico/Korea)

Vandragon_de (Germany)

About Makerwiz

Makerwiz is a pioneer maker company in Richmond Hill, Canada’s newest city located in York Region within the Greater Toronto Area. The company combines a 3D Tech Shop, a Digital Fabrication Lab and a STEAM Education Makerspace all under one roof. A leading provider of desktop 3D printing and scanning technology products across Canada, Makerwiz supplies products from over 20 premium 3D brands (including LulzBot, Prusa Research, CraftBot, MakerBot, BEEVERYCREATIVE, ZMorph, Filabot, 3Doodler, etc.) to K-12 schools, colleges and universities, public libraries, makerspaces, businesses and consumers across the country. In addition, the company also provides product design and rapid prototyping services, as well as maker education programs for kids and families.

LulzBot Announces All-New 3D Bioprinter

LOVELAND, COLORADO, USA October 9, 2019 – Aleph Objects, Inc., Colorado-based manufacturer of the award-winning line of LulzBot 3D Printers, has announced the launch of the LulzBot Bio, a new Open Source, FRESH-certified 3D bioprinter. The LulzBot Bio enables 3D printing with materials such as unmodified collagen, bioinks, and other soft materials, and has already been instrumental in 3D printing the first-ever fully functional human heart tissue.

 

“What we’ve shown is that we can print pieces of the heart out of cells and collagen into parts that truly function, like a heart valve or a small beating ventricle,” said Adam Feinberg, professor of biomedical engineering (BME) and materials science & engineering at Carnegie Mellon. “By using MRI data of a human heart, we were able to accurately reproduce patient-specific anatomical structure and 3D bioprint collagen and human heart cells.”

 

A Platform for Quality and Versatility

 

With a legacy of manufacturing high-quality 3D printers spanning nearly a decade, LulzBot brings its award-winning print quality to the bioprinting market with the LulzBot Bio, its first-ever Fluid Deposition Fabrication (FDF) 3D printer. Unlike its pneumatic counterparts, the Bio’s syringe pump system allows for precise stopping and retraction, preventing unintentional extrusion and stringing while printing intricate models like vasculature. Its easily-modified, Open Source design removes proprietary restrictions, providing a versatile platform for innovation that grows with ever-changing discoveries and advancements.

“For researchers, you don’t know what materials or processes you’ll be using in 6 months, let alone one year from now,” said Grant Flaharty, Aleph Objects CEO and President. “You need hardware that can be adjusted quickly and easily, without proprietary restrictions.”

The LulzBot Bio comes with nearly everything needed to start bioprinting, including extensively tested, preconfigured material profiles in Cura LulzBot Edition. See the full list of features, specifications, and what’s included here.

 

Collagen: The Human Body’s Major Structural Protein

Collagen is prominent in biological structures, making collagen bioinks one of the most promising materials for bioprinting applications. However, it has proven extremely difficult to print with in its unmodified form. The LulzBot Bio enables printing with unmodified collagen using the FRESH 2.0 method. Developed and refined by the Regenerative Biomaterials & Therapeutics Group at Carnegie Mellon University, FRESH bioprinting uses thermoreversible support gels to hold soft materials during printing. The temporary support gel is dissolved, leaving the print intact.

“Other bioprinting techniques often require materials to be chemically altered or mixed with other materials to make them 3D printable,” said Steven Abadie, Aleph Objects CTO. “Because of the excellent biocompatibility of collagen, being able to 3D print with it in its original form brings us that much closer to recreating models that mimic human physiology.”

 

Bioprinted Tissues for Faster, Safer Innovation

Bioprinting is revolutionizing pharmaceutical development, cosmetic testing, tissue engineering, and regenerative medicine. This technology can be used to recreate physiology to study disease, determine the effectiveness and potential side effects of new drugs in development, and provide skin tissue models for cosmetic testing.

 

Bringing a new drug to market with current methods costs around $ 2.5 billion USD and can take more than a decade from start to finish. The probability of success is less than 10-15% despite promising results in early stages with animal testing, as the absence of toxicity in animals is a poor predictor of efficacy in humans. The development  of 3D bioprinting provides a more human-relevant alternative in both pharmaceutical and cosmetic testing. To date, over 40 countries worldwide have banned or restricted animal testing on cosmetics and cosmetic ingredients, which has accelerated the development of bioprinted human tissue for cosmetic development.

 

The LulzBot Bio will soon be available for pre-order from Makerwiz, with units to begin shipping November 2019.

 

About Aleph Objects, Inc.

 

Aleph Objects, Inc. is the Colorado-based designer and manufacturer of the award-winning line of LulzBot® 3D Printers. LulzBot is a trusted brand in Automotive, Consumer Products, Aerospace/Defense, Medical, and Education industries around the globe. Aleph Object’s core company values of Free Software, Libre Innovation, and Open Source Hardware enable users to uniquely modify both software and hardware to bring their imagination to life. For more information, visit www.LulzBot.com.

About Makerwiz

Makerwiz is a pioneer maker company in Richmond Hill, Canada’s newest city located in York Region within the Greater Toronto Area. The company combines a 3D Tech Shop, a Digital Fabrication Lab and a STEAM Education Makerspace all under one roof. A leading provider of desktop 3D printing and scanning technology products across Canada, Makerwiz supplies products from over 20 premium 3D brands (including LulzBot, Prusa Research, CraftBot, MakerBot, BEEVERYCREATIVE, ZMorph, Filabot, 3Doodler, etc.) to K-12 schools, colleges and universities, public libraries, makerspaces, businesses and consumers across the country. In addition, the company also provides product design and rapid prototyping services, as well as maker education programs for kids and families.

Makerwiz Begins Supplying Canadian-Made 3D Printing Filaments from Materio 3D

RICHMOND HILL, ON March 23, 2017Makerwiz, Canada’s most comprehensive supplier of desktop 3D printing equipment, today announces its partnership with Materio 3D, the first Canadian manufacturer of premium 3D printing filaments to produce their entire product line domestically.

Based in Saint-Hubert, Quebec, Materio3D is a Canadian manufacturer of high-end 3D printing filaments with the mission to provide the 3D printing community with a complete collection of materials that can be used with confidence for prototyping, artistic creations, production of finished goods, or educational projects. The company was founded in 2016 with the association between two business owners engaged in complementary fields: Mr. Pierre Giguère, president of Felix Compounds, Canadian manufacturer of composite materials, and Mr. François Lahey, president of Voxel Factory, a 3D printers and 3D printing materials store in Montreal. Their state-of-the-art extrusion line and testing laboratory are located near Montreal in the South Shore. Production, quality control, testing and packaging all operate from there. Finished products are shipped from their Montreal warehouse nationwide. Materio3D relies on continuous research and development, meticulous quality control, and comprehensive documentation to meet the needs of its clientele. Their vision is to be a leading manufacturer of 3D printing materials globally known for the quality of its products and the excellence of its customer service by 2020.

Makerwiz is a pioneer maker company in Richmond Hill, Canada’s most populous town and part of York Region in the Greater Toronto Area. The company is a leading provider of desktop 3D printing and scanning technology, rapid prototyping service and maker education across Canada. Currently, Makerwiz supplies products from over 20 premium 3D brands (including MakerBot, LulzBot, Printrbot, CraftBot, BEEVERYCREATIVE, ZMorph, Filabot, 3Doodler, DJI and many others) to K-12 schools, colleges and universities, public libraries, makerspaces, businesses and consumers across the country. Becoming official reseller of high-quality 3D printing filaments from Materio3D will allow Makerwiz to provide domestically produced 3D printing materials to the rapidly expanding desktop 3D printing industry in Canada.

“Our new partnership with Materio3D will enable us to provide the highest quality, Made-in-Canada 3D printing materials to educators, makers and manufacturers across Canada, thereby further reducing the already green eco footprint of local manufacturing made possible by 3D printing.” said Dr. Peter Lau, Maker-in-Chief at Makerwiz and Mayor of the 3D Hubs community in Toronto (ranked #8 among cities worldwide in numbers of active 3D printers). “As the variety of materials and the range of applications for additive manufacturing continue to increase at a breakneck pace, locally-sourced innovative materials will help push mainstream adoption of 3D printing in the Canadian marketplace in 2017 and beyond.”

About Makerwiz
Makerwiz is a creative company dedicated to promoting the Maker Movement in Canada by fostering the knowledge and application of emerging creative technologies such as 3D printing, digital fabrication, drone robotics and wearable electronics. The motto of Makerwiz is “Inspiring Boundless Creativity”. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Makerwiz is an active sponsor of the 3D Hubs community in Toronto and a staunch supporter of public makerspaces in the Greater Toronto Area, and a strong supporter of STEAM curricula and maker education.

For more information, contact Makerwiz at 1-855-586-2949 or visit makerwiz.com.

Season’s Greetings from Makerwiz, age 2.0

Dear Friends,

It’s been a wonderful 2016 for Makerwiz, as we expanded from a portfolio of 5 brands to 20 brands, but we couldn’t have done it without you, our loyal patrons and supporters. As we enter into the Christmas season once again, keeping an eye toward all things maker and magical, our staff would like to extend warm wishes to you and yours. Please make the most of the holiday and look forward to enjoying new products, services and training from us in the new year.

Incidentally, on the occasion of Makerwiz’s 2.0 birthday, we have just launched our new web store on Shopify.  For a limited time until December 31, you can wish us a happy birthday while enjoying 5% discount using the coupon code: H2BDMAKRWZ when ordering from our store. Call it early Boxing Day!

Happy Christmas Holiday from the Makerwiz team!

Sincerely,

Dr. Makemake and the Maker Elves

Strong Groot

Spring Forward to New Store and New Brands!

Good news to all friends and fans of Makerwiz! As April approaches and the weather warms up, we are bring you a new online store based on amazing Shopify technology, plus loads of new products from notable 3D brands!

This Spring, we are introducing 3D printers from CraftUnique, FormLabs and PrintrBot. These leading manufacturers augment our already stellar lineups from 3D Systems, BEEVERYCREATIVE and MakerBot. In terms of 3D printing supplies, we are introducing filaments from BotFeeder, ColorFabb, NinjaTek and Taulman. Again, these quality suppliers expand our existing offerings from BVC, MakerBot and Proto-Pasta. Last but not least, we are introducing the Filabot Industrial Reclaimer for the sake of environmental stewardship. Now this is gearing up to be one exciting season!

On another note, 3D Hubs Toronto monthly pub nites have been switched to the third Wednesday of each month, starting in March. On April 20, however, there will be no pub nite as we will be hosting a ColorFabb/3D Hubs “Co-polyester for 3D Printing” Workshop at the fantastic new makerspace NewMakeIt north of Toronto. Come join us and share your joy of 3D printing with fellow enthusiasts, get great filament samples, and tour this provincially-funded one-of-a-kind facility combining a training centre, a co-working space and a comprehensive makerspace. Talking about killing three birds with one stone!

Here’s to a strong and healthy Spring!

Canadian Makerspaces

The Maker Movement as we know it began in 2005 with the publication of MAKE: Magazine by Dale Dougherty. Modern makers typically enjoy technological pursuits such as 3D printing, electronics, robotics, laser cutting, CNC milling, woodworking, metalworking, in addition to conventional fashion design and arts and crafts. Despite having an initial lag behind the Americans and the Europeans, Canadians are now diving into the Maker Movement at an accelerating pace. As a result, Canadian makerspaces have been sprouting up across the country at great speed.

Makerspaces are community-based organizations with shared tools and equipment for members to create new things or to fix existing things. In some instances, they also serve as co-working spaces, training venues and collaborative “playgrounds”. Currently, Canada has 36 public (non-commercial and non-academic) makerspaces. For your interest, Makerwiz has created a graph indicating their numbers and distribution across the country at the top of this post.

For a comprehensive list of Canadian makerspaces with hyperlinks and their distribution across the country, visit our Makerspaces page for more information. If you are interested in making things but don’t know where to start, now is the perfect time to join a local makerspace!

Black Friday SALE Event

Makerwiz Black Friday SALE Event

November 27, 2015

 

In-Store:

Item Regular Price Special Price
3Doodler 2.0 Pen Set $169.97 $144.99
Arduino Uno, Rev 3 $34.99 $27.49
Canon PowerShot ELPH 160 $149.99 $99.99
ColorFabb Sample Filament Box $29.99 $19.99
Google Chromecast $39.99 $29.99
iHome Portable Speakers $49.99 $24.99
Poly/Cotton Lab Coat (M, L, XL) $24.99 $14.99
Proto-Pasta Aromatic Coffee PLA Filament, 500 g $47.99 $42.99
Raspberry Pi 2, Model B $56.99 $49.99
Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1” Tablet $469.99 $399.99

 

 

 

Online:

Item Regular Price Special Price
3D Systems Cube 3D Printer $1,299.00 $1,189.00
3D Systems iSense Handheld 3D Scanner $639.00 $383.40
BEETHEFIRST Portable 3D Printer $1,999.00 $1,849.00
Filabot Extruder Original $1,279.00 $1,179.00
MakerBot Digitizer Desktop 3D Scanner $1,089.00 $999.00
MakerBot Replicator Mini Compact 3D Printer $1,849.00 $1,699.00