Video: MakerBot's build-it-yourself 3D printer in action, replicator in the works

We just bumped into the MakerBot industries folks and got a quick look at the CupCake CNC rapid prototyping machine (3D printer, for us luddites). The thing extrudes Lego-type plastic into fairly detailed shapes, and MakerBot sells it as a kit for $750, or fully assembled for $2,500. What's most exciting is that the MakerBot folks are now working on a 3D scanner kit, which once combined with the CupCake CNC will make a full-on homegrown replicator. Diamond Age, here we come! A quick demo of the CupCake is after the break.

[NXTwoThou Posted Jun 11th 2009 1:36PM]

I'm interested in a high quality, cheap price scanner more than the printer.

[speculatrix Posted Jun 13th 2009 5:21PM]

take a read of Bruce Sterling's "Kiosk" book; currently free at fictionwise:
http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/eBook65803.htm

[JordanRinke Posted Jun 14th 2009 8:47AM]

Here is a raffle, get a ticket for $10 and try to win a cupcake CNC - Drawing is today.

http://as220.org/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=25&products_id=175



Hopefully posting this isn't against any Engadget rules.