1/10/2007

You could make a thousand tiny ponies

One step closer to a Diamond Age matter complier or Star Trek replicator, these enterprising fellows have developed a $2400 home “fabber” kit. With a relatively cheap, easy to assemble kit for a rapid prototyping machine, they are trying to lure enthusiastic hobbyists with the idea that they will kick start the technology much as DIY computer kits of the 70s quickened the emergence of the personal computer.

Even at a tenth of the cost of a cheap rapid prototyping machine, these are little too expensive yet for me to try. I wonder how long before Cafepress or someone like them uses this kind of tech for 3-d print on demand so I can make the goodies without having to buy a machine?

Ophelia at 4:53 am