The Promise of 3D Printing

3D Printing & Imaging Workshop

It’s a vision from a futuristic Star Trek universe: effortlessly creating three-dimensional objects on a machine in your home (or starship). And it’s here today. The dam has now burst on the 3D printing market and this once out-of-reach technology is now available to just about anybody, for less than $1,000.

2013 MAKE Ultimate Guide To 3D Printing

  • 3D Printers Buyer's Guide — 15 Reviewed
  • Getting Started in 3D
  • Learn the Software Toolchain
  • 3D Design for Beginners
  • 3D Printing without a Printer

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Stett Holbrook is editor of the Bohemian, an alternative weekly in Santa Rosa, California. He is a former senior editor at Maker Media.

He is also the co-creator of Food Forward, a documentary TV series for PBS about the innovators and pioneers changing our food system.

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