A painted rubber "face" and appendages printed from a high-end Stratasys machine.
Last week, the new and old guard in 3D printing joined forces as Stratasys, an industrial 3D-printing behemoth, announced that it had acquired upstart printing company MakerBot. A press conference after the announcement drove home the odd-couple pairing: buttoned-down Stratasys CEO David Reis gushed over being called "cool" by MakerBot head Bre Pettis, and Pettis reminisced about building a 3D printer out of plumbing parts. "We'd never seen a 3D printer," said Pettis. "We didn't have access to a 3D printer. But we just thought they were the coolest things."
By merging, the two firms could bridge a gap that’s grown between $100,000 professional Stratasys...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/26/4466286/makerbot-stratasys-acquisition-could-bring-next-gen-3d-printing-mainstream
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