Keep seeing things in the article I object to. What is defined by an every day household object? I don’t use my printer every day. I don’t use my microwave every day. I’ve lived in countries where I’ve not had nor needed a car. I don’t watch TV every day (sometimes not for weeks). Oh and my piano (shudder) that I play…

Also I think the breadmaker is over-generalized. I still use mine on occasion, but to make more specialized breads and such, than what I can buy at the store. And so what if a home user prints out already made models. The collective imagination of a population is beyond what one can analyze. I can imagine someone who…

Actually last year we printed a violin on a Makerbot and the result was better than expected. It does not sound like some Fisher Price / Toy R Us toy. It’s almost on par with a practice violin priced at $200.