Video: Tour the First Retail 3-D Printing Store In The U.S.

MakerBot Industries is opening the first U.S. retail store dedicated to 3-D printing. Explore a space that may soon arrive at a shopping mall near you.
Dave Mosher

Yesterday MakerBot Industries, perhaps the world’s most prolific 3-D printing company, announced the opening of the first retail store dedicated to the hobby.

If the New York store proves successful, the world of 3-D printing may explode, transforming from a niche pastime into a mainstream consumer market.

But enough speculating: take a look inside for yourself.

(Don’t miss PopSci’s full story on MakerBot’s big announcements, including the unveiling of a new high-resolution 3-D printer called Replicator 2.)

 
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Dave Mosher has watched humans and robots launch into space, flown over the North Pole to catch a total solar eclipse, tested inventors' home-built contraptions, toured defunct nuclear reactors, and donated his poop bacteria in the name of science, among other reporting adventures.