Acting like a computer printer, it is filled with plastic instead of ink. Put a picture on the computer, send it to this device and the "Thing o matic" builds it in 3 D!
Do you know what this means? You could create any chair, any design, in any color you want!
Now can I get my silver wire chairs?
The inventor calls it the democratiziation of manufacturing.
You know all the times we wish we had a miniaturizing machine. It's here!
(It is too expensive now, but just imagine in a year or two? Soon... we can all have one!)
Go here to see more: http://wiki.makerbot.com/ CM
