<s>
Fab	B-Device
@Home	I-Device
is	O
a	O
multi-material	O
3D	O
printer	O
,	O
launched	O
in	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Fab	B-Device
@Home	I-Device
and	O
the	O
RepRap	O
are	O
credited	O
with	O
sparking	O
the	O
consumer	O
3D	O
Printing	O
revolution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
goal	O
of	O
the	O
Fab	B-Device
@Home	I-Device
project	O
was	O
to	O
change	O
this	O
situation	O
by	O
creating	O
a	O
versatile	O
,	O
low-cost	O
,	O
open	O
and	O
"	O
hackable	O
"	O
printer	O
to	O
accelerate	O
technology	O
innovation	O
and	O
its	O
migration	O
into	O
the	O
consumer	O
and	O
Maker	O
space	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
its	O
open-source	O
release	O
in	O
2006	O
,	O
hundreds	O
of	O
Fab	B-Device
@Home	I-Device
3D	O
printers	O
were	O
built	O
across	O
the	O
world	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
design	O
elements	O
could	O
be	O
found	O
in	O
many	O
later	O
DIY	O
printers	O
,	O
most	O
notably	O
in	O
the	O
first	O
MakerBot	B-Device
Replicator	O
(	O
2009	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
effort	O
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
history	O
of	O
the	O
Altair	B-Architecture
8800	I-Architecture
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
DIY	O
home	O
computer	O
kits	O
released	O
in	O
1975	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Altair	B-Architecture
8800	I-Architecture
is	O
largely	O
credited	O
with	O
triggering	O
the	O
home	O
computing	O
revolution	O
and	O
the	O
transition	O
from	O
the	O
industrial	O
mainframe	O
to	O
the	O
consumer	O
desktop	O
,	O
by	O
making	O
a	O
low-cost	O
,	O
open	O
and	O
"	O
hackable	O
"	O
computer	O
accessible	O
to	O
home	O
enthusiasts	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
goal	O
of	O
the	O
Fab	B-Device
@Home	I-Device
project	O
was	O
to	O
accomplish	O
a	O
similar	O
effect	O
in	O
the	O
3D	O
printing	O
space	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
larger	O
scale	O
cases	O
that	O
applied	O
the	O
open-source	B-Application
development	I-Application
model	O
to	O
physical	O
devices	O
,	O
a	O
process	O
that	O
later	O
became	O
known	O
as	O
Open	O
Source	O
Hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
official	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
Fab	B-Device
@Home	I-Device
model	O
1	O
coincided	O
with	O
a	O
presentation	O
at	O
the	O
Solid	O
Freeform	O
Fabrication	O
conference	O
in	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
its	O
first	O
release	O
,	O
undergraduate	O
and	O
graduate	O
students	O
at	O
Cornell	O
and	O
other	O
locations	O
joined	O
the	O
team	O
and	O
developed	O
an	O
improved	O
version	O
,	O
later	O
released	O
as	O
the	O
Fab	B-Device
@Home	I-Device
Model	O
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
important	O
variation	O
of	O
Fab	B-Device
@Home	I-Device
was	O
the	O
Fab	O
@School	O
project	O
,	O
which	O
explored	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
3D	O
printers	O
suitable	O
for	O
classroom	O
use	O
in	O
elementary	O
grades	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Fab	B-Device
@Home	I-Device
is	O
a	O
syringe-based	O
deposition	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
Fab	B-Device
@Home	I-Device
print	O
head	O
had	O
two	O
syringes	O
;	O
later	O
version	O
had	O
more	O
syringes	O
,	O
up	O
to	O
one	O
print	O
head	O
that	O
had	O
eight	O
syringes	O
that	O
could	O
be	O
used	O
simultaneously	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
range	O
of	O
materials	O
that	O
could	O
be	O
printed	O
with	O
a	O
Fab	B-Device
@Home	I-Device
included	O
hard	O
materials	O
such	O
as	O
epoxy	O
,	O
elastomers	O
such	O
as	O
silicone	O
,	O
biological	O
materials	O
such	O
as	O
cell-seeded	O
hydrogels	O
,	O
food	O
materials	O
such	O
as	O
chocolate	O
,	O
cookie	O
dough	O
and	O
cheese	O
,	O
engineering	O
materials	O
such	O
as	O
stainless	O
steel	O
(	O
later	O
sintered	O
in	O
an	O
oven	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
active	O
materials	O
such	O
as	O
conductive	O
wires	O
and	O
magnets	O
.	O
</s>
