Open Source 3-D Printer Turns Designs Into Objects


Wired.com checks out makerbot’s Cupcake CNC 3-D Printer. Using PLA, ABS, or HDPE plastic, this open source, $950 kit allows the user to fabricate small objects of virtually any shape.

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25 Responses to “Open Source 3-D Printer Turns Designs Into Objects”

  1. GManGT Says:

    They need to improve the output first, it puts out jagged crap; nothing like the other 3D printers on the market. Spend an extra $1500 and get a professionally made 3D printer which prints good models not jagged crap.

  2. BeondaPale Says:

    Dude, a bow tie? Really?

    Please help us rid the world of the embarassment that is the bow tie by no longer wearing them

  3. eddie604 Says:

    or a dildo that’s shaped like a shotgun Lol

  4. F1nir Says:

    except for the fact that this technology is old

  5. TheOneWingAngeI Says:

    except for the fact that this CES was last week.

  6. LimhErL Says:

    i would make a shotgun and a dildo

  7. DungeonMasterX Says:

    PLASTIC PENISES.

  8. HumanStrategy Says:

    3 words…

    Personalized Sex Toys ^_^

  9. AppA Says:

    @chrisdude1001: Apart from assuming that it will be made for your sole personal use, you could also take a look in the video at 01:42 and see that the platform which moves the materialized 3D object, actually has a pretty happy face :)

  10. FischKopfD Says:

    foozeball xD

  11. InfindecimalSlice Says:

    like the fact that in the old days i used to play a space shooter that sounded kinda like your nick :p

  12. soulsanctuarymusic1 Says:

    not that type of engineer anyway! lol but i ment a commericial application.

  13. redeyesthe20th Says:

    you clearly aren’t the engineer type, think of the prototype ability’s! test plastic things before making a expensive mound for it!

  14. F1nir Says:

    I saw this 2 years ago…

  15. soulsanctuarymusic1 Says:

    Yeah kinda cool i guess but i really can’t see much practical use for it!

  16. chrisdude1001 Says:

    i would make a dildo

  17. macemoneta Says:

    I’d like to see places like Lowes and Home Depot offer network-based 3D printing. Similar to printing photos at your local Walgreens, this would eliminate the cost of purchasing a device for occasional use.

  18. bogdy72000 Says:

    too expensive…eventually you’ll get it right with putty lol

  19. MertonDingle1111 Says:

    thats stupid, it exist since a long time.

  20. FatFreddy33 Says:

    @xevious2501 There is a bit of a difference between wearing a pair of glasses for a 3-D effect and something that reproduces a 3-D solid object. Maybe.

  21. xevious2501 Says:

    Nothing new about 3D printers. been on the market for years. amazing how people think this stuff is new, what hole have you guys been in.
    The big Stereoscopic 3d fluff. nothing new.. S3D gaming and eyeware has been aroung for ages, even back on the commodore64. i guess those were the things that made being a nerd so fun. everyone else was in the dark.

  22. plastik303 Says:

    WOW. YEAHHHHHH!!!!!!!

  23. louislockett Says:

    Shut up! (hysterical, LOL)

  24. increality Says:

    will it print a max file? or obj?

  25. smnk3 Says:

    My god, if one wire breaks in that, you’d be pissed..

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