3-D printer

Now, he said, he is building $2, 000 models using an architect's design and homegrown software for a 3-D printer.

The process is called Additive Layer Manufacturing, and it works somewhat like a 3-D printer.

Mr Leno's 1907 White steam-driven car is now back on the road thanks to his 3-D printer.

It then turns the design into an object with a 3-D printer and ships it to the customer.

A research group at Loughborough University has developed a 3-D printer that can produce architectural objects out of concrete.

A 3-D printer cheap enough to do that at home is probably many years away.

Others might want to wait until the local hardware store buys a 3-D printer and begins to offer one-off manufacturing services on demand.

For people interested in new technology, a New York based company, Makerbot, sells kits to people who want to build a small 3-D printer.

Using a 3-D printer made by Z Corporation, based in Burlington, Massachusetts, it has cut the time to 90 minutes and the cost to $35.

Early printers were limited. High cost and limited uses meant the 3-D printer market was small.

The 3-D printer is busy revolutionizing the design of small things like plastics.

High cost and limited uses meant the 3-D printer market was small.

3-D digitizer optional; 3-D printer optional.

Depending on the type of job at hand, a typical 3-D printer can cost from $10, 000 to more than $100, 000.