Rocketboom Tech correspondent Ellie Rountree talks to Bre Pettis, and Zach Hoeken about their new company, MakerBot Industries, building open source robot kits that allow you to do rapid prototyping and 3D Printing at home. Music: Can Opener by The Discoghosts. Rocketboom Extra: Ellie and the Flaming Bunny. Music from the Extra: Dengue Fever. Related: Ellie visits the NYC Resistor hacker space.

This episode was created in collaboration with Intel!

Joanne visits BugLabs a manufacturer of open-source DIY electronics kits for hacking and physical computing.

story links: rb field correspondents bre pettis (for make) and steve garfield build a webcam bird feeder (extended tutorial)