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3/Growing Up with
MakerBot
In which the reader sees a MakerBot—and all
the possibilities it creates—through the eyes of
a child.
If you are an adult, take a second and imagine being 10 years old again, but
this time, you have a MakerBot. Imagine the things that you would have made
for yourself growing up. Your childhood would have been more interesting,
you'd probably have saved more of your allowance because you'd be making
things instead of buying them. Most importantly, you'd have learned to em-
brace failure as part of the innovation process and you would have solved all
sorts of problems; all because you'd have had a tool that makes solutions.
Now think about today's 10 year olds, and think how much better the future
will be if we get as many young people as we can to have access to a MakerBot.
Giving young people access to MakerBots offers an optimistic vision of the
future and gives the next generation a tool to solve the problems of tomorrow.
A young maker who goes by “DocProfSky” was 10 years old when he first
became a MakerBot Operator. He tells his story in a presentation called “Why
I Love My 3D Printer” at Ignite Phoenix (
http://igniteshow.com/videos/why-
i-love-my-3d-printer-and-you-will-too
). In his presentation, he explained 3D
printing to the world in a way that no one had done before and got a well-
deserved standing ovation. Since then, he's become an active participant at
his local hackerspace and has demonstrated MakerBots at Maker Faire.
If you can inspire a young person to love his desktop 3D printer and develop
this kind of passion, you can change the world.
MakerBot Heroes
The target audience for MakerBots are heroes, because having a Mak-
erBot can make you a champion.
— Bre Pettis
