MakerBot: The 3D Printing Robot

Rocketboom Tech correspondent Ellie Rountree talks to Bre Pettis, and Zach Hoeken about their new company, MakerBot Industries (http://www.makerbot.com), building open source robot kits that allow you to do rapid prototyping and 3D Printing at home.
Music: Can Opener by The Discoghosts
http://www.upitup.com/catalogue/release.php?cat_id=26

For an extra piece of fun from this shoot, go watch Ellie and the Flaming Bunny!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUurUq8ZW2Y

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Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• MakerBot
• BrePettis
• ZachHoeken
• RapidPrototyping
• 3dPrinting
• DIY
• HomeFabrication

[Brismo7]

Him: This is the guttenberg press

Her: haha... uhhh... hah... whaa???

[caesiume]

Hmm, you're partially right. Technically, the Americans did create the internet, but it was Berners-lee that created the World Wide Web and it's associated protocols.

[GoshenCarnage]

@DEMIURGO21 it would probably work in autodesk inventor since you can "save copy as" and turn the file into any type of file

[Vaysm]

@fusionacity Right now this is about the best it can do: watch?v=qQneU_87Nco

This interview really didn't do justice to the MakerBot.

Right now it's nto practical, but give it a few years, and you'll have something amazing.

[wheatifer]

Just want to suggest that if you have any money to invest in the stock market at all...SSYS and ADSK have risen steadily since summer...DDD is more stable...but if you can, invest in these 3-D printing companies. I did because I see them as long term winners...

[pcjwss]

@67bandit67 dude go and buy a 2kg steak and cook it. Then eat it and as you're eating it decided whether the rocket in this video is the same weight.

[DEMIURGO21]

Anyone knows if it works fine with Autodesk Inventor, Rhino or Autodesk Autocad???? Wich one does it work with, the best???

Sorry about my bad english....

[stopcraponutube]

Still a bit too expensive a machine for me :(

[overlordKrunK]

Just wait until people start sharing kartell furniture over bittorrent =P

[KillerKahuna]

Haha no more putting down 50 extra dollars on a speical edition of a game to get a statue, I'll just download a model and print it. Things is, it doesn't have the same detail, but to be fair, by the time I go and get one of these the tech will have improved :D

[67bandit67]

1: $ 1300.00 and I have to put it together

2: $ 48.00 for 1k roll. So that little rocket cost him $100.00 bucks.

3: A 3d human head would cost roughly $5000.00

4: Screw this

[destructomoviesco2]

her's what he said:

Fine. Me, and hate people that use translation programs. I love Japan! I also love anime. I hate the translation program. However, I love toast. My Japanese is bad. Yes. Why I love Japan? Japanese people in Japan anime Japanese cuisine. I like everyone in Japan! (I used WordMonkey Translator to translate this guys.)