September 27, 2010 
MakerBot, creators of the Cupcake CNC 3D printer have just announced their latest offering, The Thing-O-Matic. Its basically a Cupcake CNC with an automated build platform that allows you to build part after part after part with out having to attend to the machine when each part finishes. This is a great offering considering how long these things take to print decent sized parts.
Makerbot have fixed most of the problems and annoyances of the previous cupcake CNC such as improving the Z axis rods and travel, using a USB to USB cable (so long TTL cable!), automatic position detection, XYZ end stop sensing and finally they moved the electronics inside! It’s a shame they still haven’t increased the build platform size which I think is one of the limiting factors of the cupcake.
Check them out at www.makerbot.com
