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Geek Tool: Slashdot Video of Award Winning 3D Printer From CES

Posted by Roblimo on Friday January 13, 2012 @01:48AM from the 3D-isn't-as-good-as-4D dept.

The Makerbot Replicator is a personal 3D printer, which can create three-dimensional objects through connecting and layering successive cross sections of material. The new version is bigger, better, and easier to set up than earlier MakerBots. In this video Tim made at CES, MakerBot CEO Bre Pettis shows us how wonderful a device it is, and tells us why every child (and most adults) should have a MakerBot.

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Re:Non biodegradable? by ZankerH · 2012-01-13 01:58 · Score: 4, Insightful

But it's meant precisely for disposable, non-durable crap that currently only comes in non-biodegradable, chinese-slave made form.
But wait. by Anonymous Coward · 2012-01-13 02:23 · Score: 5, Insightful

Imagine what damage this will do to the industry. Everybody making their own things, nobody buying toys, nobody buying anything. Heavy copyright lawsuits must kick in to prevent this horrible scenario. Every model copyrighted, every 3D printer with online DRM.