LAS VEGAS--If you haven't yet heard about Makerbot, you haven't been paying close enough attention to this year's CES.
The Makerbot Replicator is an open-source, 3D printer that can create just about any plastic object you can imagine. The $1,999 two-color consumer device launched here this week and just this morning, it won a CNET Best of CES award in the Emerging Tech category.
I tracked down Makerbot founder Bre Pettis after the awards show to find out what's next for Makerbot. Here's what he told me about the potential he sees for turning kids on to 3D printing, and a new kind of homemade jelly, just for starters:
CES 2012
All the news from the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
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Jan 4Failed CES trends and products (photos)
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Jan 13CNET UK at CES 2012
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Oct 15Dell's first ultrabook laptop, the XPS 13
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Oct 15Toshiba 14-inch ultrabook prototype
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