My Robot Nation made its initial debut with the mission to give people with no experience or knowledge of 3D CAD tools the ability to easily create their own designs that can be output by 3D printers or 3D printing services. Now part of 3D Systems' content creation portfolio, the technology will no doubt be folded into the Cubify.com community to help orchestrate the movement toward 3D design and printing for the masses. (Source: 3D Systems)
Terrific slideshow, Beth. It looks like open source software is coming to 3D printing. It's wonderful to see the technology moving away from specialists and going out to the great unwashed budding design engineers.
Ann, these items look a lot like the Mold-A-Rama toys we used to get at the Muesems in the Chicago area. These are injection molded plastic toys. I really like them, but my wife was always wanting to get rid of them. It was fun to watch them being made.
On the other hand, I can see one problem with all this personal manufacturing. These are, of course, novelties. We used to collect small toys that were dropped off at a resales shop. They were great for target practice. (did I say that?)
The 3D printing revolution seems to have a knack for quickly moving technology ahead by way of collaborative effort and even a little friendly competition -- all of course in the name of scientific advancement.
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