This week in 3D printing 8th to the 14th of January 2011

January 8th. Makerbot is crowned best of CES by David Ewalt of Forbes.

January 10th. Dr. Adrian Boyer of the RepRap project writes about Hod Lipson”s Factory @ Home report for the White House. You should take the time to read it here.

January 10th. Fabbaloo reports on Andrew Monti”s idea for “Books that print” using QR codes.

January 11th.  Fab Camp Liverpool is a go, it is a weekend “aimed at raising awareness of the revolution in digital fabrication.” Visitors will be able to 3D print and learn about it and other manufacturing technologies at the event.

 

January 11th. MIT student Charles Z. Guan makes a Make-A-Bot, a Fused Filament Fabrication machine based on RepRap and Makerbot.

January 11th. The Times features 3D printing in an article “Lost your car key? Never mind, print another with new 3-D printer.”

January 12th. An open source guitar is 3D printed using Blender and an open innovation company called Zoybar. This is an example of networked manufacturing where skills and people meet to design and make things together. I believe it to be the model for future manufacturing.

UPDATE:  As per Duann”s comment, “Solido takes a fall.”

UPDATE: January 14th. Bre Pettis of Makerbot is interviewed on CNN. Yes, this is happening people!