MakerBot Industries

That’s right folks — people interested in video games have noticed that MakerBot’s own in-house designer, Skimbal, has created a set that allows folks to play a physical, table-top version of the classic city-creation game!  In his post, Kotaku’s Luke Plunkett calls for a set of rules that might transform this playset from a mere recreation of elements in a classic videogame into a fully dynamic table-top gaming experience.

Yes, that’s right, a board game.  Dare to dream!

I, for one, suggest that it should use non-6-sided dice.  I am in for anything that allows me to roll a d20.  At any rate, it looks like the giftability index for this particular set of prints has just shot through the roof!

Sim City 2000 Tabletop Play Set by Skimbal

Do you think the Politicians have it all Wrong? Is your Mayor a Bumbling Idiot? Are your local City Planers out to kill you? Well now you can prove them all wrong! Demonstrate your city building mettle with the Sim City 2000 Tabletop Play Set! All the Thrills of being a real City Planner, without the boring environmental impact statements. But Watch Out! Disaster can Strike at any moment! The Devastation of the Spilled Coffee Flood! The Clean-Up Alien from the In-law's House! The Horror Of the Attacking 1000 foot 3-Year-Old!

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WNYC has included MakerBot’s New Museum window in their list of top Holiday Window Displays, Off the Beaten Path.  If you haven’t made it by the New Museum yet, there’s still time to see the Dalek Snowmen, X-Wing Reindeer and Cylon-Santa for yourself — the window display will be up through the end of the year!

ESPN is the latest outlet to include MakerBot  in its holiday gift guide! The Thing-O-Matic is a featured tech pick and is heralded as the “gift that keeps on making.” Thanks, dudes!

Popular Mechanics has chosen the MakerBot Thing-O-Matic as one of the top gifts for this holiday season! Pick up a copy of the December issue (on newstands now) to see MakerBot in print, or check it online here.

NY Post visited the home of our  intern, Nick DeJesus to get a look at all the awesome things that can be MakerBotted–from chopstick holders to whistles. Pick up today’s issue to see the article for yourself, or view it online here, to see why the NY Post calls MakerBot the “invent of the season.”

Bre is featured in the latest episode of 12 to Watch in 2012, a new web series from the New York Observer and Jaguar, profiling some of New York’s top minds doing innovative things with technology and design.

Check out the video here!

MakerBot conquers NYC with the cover of this week’s Time Out New York! Not only did MakerBot print the entire cover, complete with our mascot, R. Maker, taking on a mini version of New York City, but the Thing-O-Matic is featured as a gift For the Person Who Has Everything. We are also giving away a Thing-O-Matic to one lucky reader, to enter click here!

New Yorkers who want to see a real MakerBot in person, or even buy one, can visit these brick and mortar stores:

AC Gears

69 E. 8^th Street (between Broadway and University)

New York, NY 10003

(212) 260-2269

Wired Store

4 Times Square (at 42nd and Broadway)

New York, NY 10036

Friday, 11/18 – Saturday, 12/24

Demo on December 17th

12pm-2pm

Gizmodo Gallery

White Box Art Gallery

329 Broome Street

New York, NY 10002

Tuesday 12/6 – Sunday 12/11

New Museum Store

235 Bowery

New York, NY 10002

212.343.0460

The New York Times addresses the issue of copyrighting physical objects on their Bits Blog, and of course, mentions MakerBot. In what they he calls Industrial Revolution 2.0, the Times’ Nick Bilton looks at the impact of 3D printing on the future of manufacturing, and on the idea of ownership in general.

Unlike music, movies, or books, printed objects typically cannot be copyrighted because they are useful items rather than simply aesthetic ones. Bilton uses the example of a coffee mug to illustrate his point. Who knows what the future holds, but for now, keep printing those coffee mugs! Trust me, I went to Ikea yesterday, and I would rather print my own mug any day than wait in that line!

MakerBot is excited to be named one of the 20 Most Innovative Tech Start-Ups by SAI’s Business Insider! The list was created by the team at SAI, as well as a crew of investors and entrepreneurs.

Why does Business Insider say we’re innovative? ” Printing 3D images, including Stephen Colbert’s head, is both original and awesome.”

Check out all 20 innovative start-ups here!

“Prepare to be amazed.” That’s what Smithsonian.com says about MakerBot in a recent post on their Innovations blog. The blog asks the question “Will 3D printers become the new PCs?” and highlights a number of awesome things MakerBots have created, including Micah Ganske’s MakerBotted sculptures and Project Shellter. They also give Thingiverse a nice shout out, saying its “loaded with what’s described as “open-source art.”