Shaper Tools, Origin, CNC, Routing, Alec Rivers, Ilan Moyer
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Two MIT grads and their company are poised to revolutionize the way we use routers and interpret the functionality of CNC.
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What Everybody Ought to Know About the Shaper Origin
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Autocorrect for your hands. Imagine a hand tool that compensates
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Shaper Tools, Origin, CNC, Routing, Alec Rivers
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Shaper Tools, Origin, CNC, Routing, Alec Rivers
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Advance sales begin as Shaper Origin hand-held CNC nears market
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Shaper Tools, Origin, CNC, Routing, Alec Rivers
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A Sleek Digitally Augmented Router Offers Autocorrect For Your Hands
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MIT Students and Professor Invent Handheld CNC Router System
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The Origin of Shaper
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Opendesk - Autocorrect for your hands
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Shaper Tools, Origin, CNC, Festool, Sawstop
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Shaper Tools, Origin, CNC, Routing, Alec Rivers