World famous toy company Mattel has used this year’s Toy Fair in New York City to reveal an impressive piece of technology. The company has applied a modern twist on the 1960s era toy maker by introducing the ThingMaker, a revolutionary printer that uses 3D printing technology to create relatively complex toys using an accompanying ThingMaker Design app. Consumers have been patiently waiting for 3D printing technology to make it into the mainstream, but no-one would have predicted that Mattel would be the company to potentially make it happen.

Could Apple’s 3D Printer look like this? We’ve only heard rumors and speculations about Apple entering the 3D Printer market in the near future, but a designer has just used that information to create concept renders of what could be the Apple iPrinter.

Apple has a patent for a color 3D printer design that incorporates an additional print head for adding color to models.

The FORM 1 Kickstarter project from Formlabs may have already surpassed its funding target by huge margins but that doesn’t mean potential pledgers should miss the opportunity to get their hands on an early bird edition of the rather gorgeous and powerful high-resolution 3D printer. 3D printing is often conceived as being an extremely expensive and complicated hobby or business to get into, which appears to be an ill-conceived perception if this Kickstarter project is anything to go by.