Tech’s endless march looks set to continue in 2012, with stacks of new and improved technologies set to make life easier and more fun. From proper contactless payments coming to mobile phones and improved gaming systems to 3D printing getting the mainstream breakthrough it deserves, here’s our pick of 10 of the best new technologies to get excited about in 2012.
Our love of Minecraft is pretty well established (just check out our original Minecraft review) so a project to make creations from within the game real is right up our street. Created by Cody Sumter and Jason Boggess at the MIT Media Lab, Minecraft.Print uses the game as a 3D modelling tool.
Once they’ve created something impressive in Minecraft, they place obsidian, diamond, gold and iron blocks at each corner. Those markers allow the Minecraft.Print script to scan the map and produce file ready to be fed to a 3D printer like the Makerbot Thing-o-matic
Click through to see Minecraft models being turned into real world objects including a Portal companion cube!
