Thing o Matic has been getting a lot of great press at CES:
Forbes considered it "The Best at CES"
I’ve seen a lot of drool-worthy products in the last few days at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show: Smart tablet computers, high-def 3D televisions, cutting-edge phones and superpowered gadgets of all stripes.
But the thing I want the most out of all of them is the MakerBot Thing-O-Matic. It’s an affordable, open source, easy to operate 3D printer, a desktop-sized engine for making whatever you want out of sculpted plastic.
Tested.com at CES
Will Smith of Tested.com interviewed Bre Pettis at CES 2011 in Las Vegas over the weekend! Bre and Will discussed the improvements of the Thing-O-Matic over the Cupcake CNC as well as share a few printing war stories. 1
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All in all everybody seems to be in love with the Thing o Matic.
They've even put up a comparison build of Thing o Matic vs Cupcake to see how much they've improved the build quality.Statistics: Posted by robosavvy — Mon Jan 17, 2011 5:49 pm
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