A new dimension: 3D printing is coming home

The printer comes with software that interacts with website cubify.com, which enables people to share and upload digital models in a community. Users can sell their designs, and receive 60% of the price they set.

‘The goal is to introduce 3D printers into the homes of people where kids and mums and dads can create together,’ says Rajeev Kulkarni, vice-president and general manager of 3D Systems.

For more on how the home will increasingly become a micro-factory, read the Futures section of our Future Family macrotrend.