3D printers allow the “printing” of 3 dimensional objects – surprising right? While my boys would love to get one, the problem – as Eric puts it – was the $100,000 price tag. Apparently, those days are fast going:

“MakerBot is an affordable, open source 3D printer. It makes almost anything up to 4″x4″x6″. Build your own MakerBot and it makes things for you.“

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