Wired magazine editor-in-chief Chris Anderson has joined the advisory board of Ponoko, the virtual manufacturing pioneer which claims to be "the world's easiest making system."
Personal Factory 4 is the world's only system offering instant online pricing to make projects using a combination of 2D and 3D digital technologies and open-source electronics hardware.
The development also opens up the European market for creators around the world. Items can now be produced in the EU and shipped locally, reducing the cost – and environmental impact – of long-distance shipping to the EU.