About the author

Josef Prusa (born Feb 23^rd, 1990) became interested in 3D printing phenomenon before joining the University of Economics in 2009 - at first it was a hobby, a new technology open to changes and improvements. Hobby soon became passion and Joseph grew in one of the leading developers of Adrien Bowyer’s international open source RepRap project. Today, you can meet the Prusa design in different versions all around the world, it is one of the most popular printers and thanks to it, knowledge about the 3D printing technology significantly raised among public.

Jo’s work on self-replicating printers (you can print the other printer parts with your printer) are still ongoing and currently there is Prusa i3 - third iteration of a original 3D printer. It is constantly innovated and you've just purchased its latest version. In addition to printer hardware upgrades, main goal is to make the technology more accessible and understandable for all users.

Josef Prusa also organizes workshops for the public, participates in professional conferences dedicated to the popularization of 3D printing. For example, he lectured at the TEDx conference in Prague and Vienna, at WorldMaker Faire in New York, MakerFaire in Rome or at the Open Hardware Summit hosted by MIT. Josef teaches the Arduino subject at Charles University, was also a lecturer at the Academy of Arts in Prague.

In his own words, he imagines 3D printers will be available in every family in a not too distant future. If anything is needed, you can simply print it. In this field, you just push the boundaries every day ... We're glad you're part of it with us!