New York — ‘Welcome to the future!” the smiling young man says behind the desk in the storefront on Mulberry Street. Initially, you’re looking at — what, a micro toy store? A minimalist model emporium? You take in the elegantly sparse layout of objects in MakerBot’s retail outlet: all right, there’s a black helicopter there; and an old-fashioned, red-and-yellow checkerboard spaceship; and some groovy little plastic cars; and what looks like a dollhouse; and a mansion; and various multicoloured polyhedrons and cylinders and angular shapes; and, what’s this, a mock-up of a human head; and … wait, what do you mean it’s all “printed”?

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