MakerBot Industries

Roger Yu explains the explosive growth of 3D printing among entrepreneurs and hobbyists in USA TODAY Tech.

Bonus: This awesome video interview with Bre Pettis from inside the Botcave!

Crain’s New York Business just featured MakerBot in an article on the growing presence of 3D printing in NYC. The story looks at the expansion of the industry and the potential that it offers the city.

A sneak peek from the article: “The technology is transforming industries such as jewelry-making, medical devices and architecture. New York City, with its robust design trade, may be a natural home for 3-D printing. Indeed, the Bloomberg administration is betting that the technology will create new businesses and help existing ones be innovative and more competitive.”

The folks from CBS News came by the BotFarm last week and took some photos for this awesome slideshow! Scroll through to see a collection of some of our favorite MakerBotted objects and the Replicators and Thing-O-Matics in action.

Tune in to your local ABC station tomorrow, Friday, February 3rd to see MakerBot featured on Live! with Kelly. TWiT’s Leo Laporte will be showing Kelly Ripa and co-host D.L. Hughley his favorite items from CES.

Check out this video interview of Bre talking to Leo Laporte during CES for TWiT’s Triangulation.

The Atlantic just posted a piece pointing to MakerBot and Thingiverse as a trend setter that tech innovation giants such as Apple should be following closely — and threaded throughout the piece is an excellent profile of Thingiverse maker Brendan Dawes that really does a good job of giving a glimpse of how many of us are using MakerBots in our everyday lives:

I asked Dawes if the MakerBot had changed him; if it had altered his perspective in some unexpected way. “What’s exciting to me is the opportunity to look at industrial design –a very difficult, very sophisticated craft– with fresh eyes. I’m able to approach these problems from crazy angles, because I haven’t spent twenty years immersed in the culture of industrial design,” he said.

“That and it’s sort of magical to have this thing sitting at home, this thing that makes physical objects out of nothing,” he said. “It’s just amazing.” (link)

Check out the entire article here.

Tune in at 7:30pm ET: 4:30pm PT to see the live interview with Bre Pettis from the Engadget CES stage!

Are you coming across the MakerBot Replicator for the first time? Are you still trying to wrap your head around how a MakerBot works? Are you trying to explain to a friend what a MakerBot is, but frustrated because they still don’t get it? Well stop being frustrated and confused and WATCH THIS VIDEO! This is where MakerBot CEO and Co-founder Bre Pettis explains it all! See the MakerBot Replicator in action for the first time ever! And be amazed!

If you’re just tuning in, yesterday was a big day for the newly launched MakerBot Replicator!  The latest in open source 3D printing features the ability to use two print heads for two-color printing or printing with dissolving support material.  Not only does this printer feature the largest build area ever for a MakerBot, but best of all it ships to you fully assembled and ready for printing!  For more info check out these great posts!

• Engadget:  MakerBot Goes Big with Replicator 3D Printer
• Gizmodo:  MakerBot’s Replicator Prints Larger 3D Creations in Two Spectacular Colors
• CNET: MakerBot Replicator 3D Printer Beams In
• PCMag:  MakerBot to Debut Next-Gen 3D Printer at CES
• Boing Boing:  MakerBot Replicator New 3D Printer
• Hackaday:  Print Huge Stuff with the MakerBot Replicator
• Laughing Squid:  MakerBot Replicator – A New Larger 3D Printer From MakerBot Industries
• TheVerge:  MakerBot Replicator New Personal 3D Printer Debut
• Hacker News:  Two Color MakerBot Released!
• ReadWriteWeb:  What is a MakerBot and Why Does It Matter?
• The Designer Monologues:  Insurgent Creative – The MakerBot Replicator
• BetaBeat:  MakerBot Replicator – Bigger Better and now in Color

Are you excited about the Replicator, but you already placed an order for a Thing-O-Matic?  OK, don’t worry — it may still be possible to upgrade.  There’s not much time, though, so email support@makerbot.com immediately if you want to change your Thing-O-Matic order into a pre-order for the Replicator™!

Some of you may have noticed that today’s announcement has taken a toll on our store page as well as the main website…thank you for your patience as we knock the bugs out of our data tubes.

Above is just a quick screenshot of some of the latest robot mascots to roll in to the GrabCAD challenge. With over 75 entries so far — and enough correspondence suggesting another thirty or so robots soon to debut — the competition is no longer just heating up, it is passing through a state change.

If you are still putting the final touches on your entry, make sure to check the entry deadline time and requirements carefully. With this many incredible entries, there is no chance GrabCAD will be extending the deadline. And it would be a terrible tragedy for this entry window to close with your (robotic) baby tapping its fore-limb against the porthole of the GrabCAD MakerBot Challenge airship.