Orders are now being accepted for MakerBot's Replicator Mini 3D Printer, compatible with a macintosh or personal computer according to a press release Wednesday.
MakerBot is accepting orders for the $1,375 appliance, the cheapest out of all of the company's 3D printers.
"Reflecting on the future of our products, I imagine a lot of them will look like the MakerBot Replicator Mini," Bre Pettis, CEO of MakerBot said in a statement. "We've been working hard for years to make 3D printing easy; now, with MakerBot Replicator Mini, its easy. We view the MakerBot Replicator Mini as a versatile and tidy 3D printer that can fit almost anywhere, up at the Space Station, at an elite institution or in a preschool," Pettis said in the statement. The device can print, control, and lend 3D images easily the press release reported.
Printing in 3D has become popular especially with companies and businesses.
McDonald's released an 8.7 kilogram printer in July that has a 60 centimeter by 45 centimeter by 60 centimeter aluminum shape, and is made from a polyactic acid plastic material Tech World reported.
Kids may get a treat in the future if McDonald's creates happy meal toys with the appliance 3-D printers Tech World reported. The company also hopes to use the method to create kitchen equipment, but its $700 cost is a factor employees are looking to reduce.
Hershey is also using 3-D printing to make chocolate products in collaboration with 3D systems.
The process melts chocolate then puts it onto a sugary base in two layers The Telegraph reported.
3D printing has also come to mouths and dental care with Blizzident's 3-D Printed toothbrush that can clean a set of teeth in less than six seconds BBC News reported.
The technological concept is even expected to reach astronauts in outer space.
The equipment, the size of a toaster will lighten the load for astronauts because they won't have to bring all of their tools, or every spare part or supply they might BBC reported.
