Makerbot, for DIY 3-D Printing

Do you find yourself buying too many decorative trinkets and knickknacks? Consider making a large, long-term investment in Makerbot, a 3-D printer that lets you create any little object you can dream of. Using either ABS or HDPE plastic (the former is seen in Legos, and the latter forms milk jugs), Makerbot prints 3-D objects of up to 4 x 4 x 6 inches. If you’re starved for ideas, hit up Thingiverse, a design-sharing Web site for the Makerbot community, through which we are blessed with a plastic Walt Disney head. The printer costs $750 for a basic kit, but you may want to spend $950 to get all the tools, cables and the power supply in the deluxe kit. Clever designers could make all their money back on Etsy, right? [via Wired]