MakerBot, portable 3D plastic factory in a box, scan make spare part

Imagine breaking a plastic knob, scan & copy

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Bre Pettis, the chief executive of New York-based Makerbot Industries, the company behind the Thing-O-Matic, said:

‘We want to democratise manufacturing.’

As the plates pile up in the sink, you ring the manufacturer to ask for a spare part. Weeks later

you are still waiting – and washing up by hand.

source: dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech