The amazing Bre Pettis is at it again! I first geek-crushed over Bre when I used to watch his MAKE videos, then he went rogue and started his own sweet site.
Now he’s teamed up with Adam Mayer and Zach Smith to bring us the MakerBot – (very nearly) the worlds first affordable, open-source, 3-D Printer!
Watch:
Martha Vader – A MakerBot sings the imperial march and makes a Darth Vader Head from MakerBot Industries on Vimeo.
And here’s a more detailed explanation of the MakerBot, courtesy of Adam Meyer at GoogleTechTalks.
The basic MakerBot kit is $750. A deluxe kit that contains all the tools one would need is $950, or you can buy a MakerBot fully assembled for $2,500.
Check out MakerBot.com
And definitely check out the MakerBot vimeo page.
When you’ve got your MakerBot, check out Thingiverse, another Bre Pettis creation. Thingiverse is an online catalog of 3-D models that you can download, tweak, and print out for yourself. All free! Whee!
When we can cheaply and easily print any object we need, will we still have stores? If so, what will they look like?
If we still have stores, will we have as many stores, or less?
Life is so fun.
Massive thanks to Bre, Adam, and Zach for putting out the MakerBot!
Thank you to wired.com for the heads up!
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