The Cube

3-D printers have officially gone mainstream. You can now get one at Staples for $1,300.

Staples says it is the first major U.S. retailer to sell a 3-D printer. It began selling The Cube, made by 3D Systems DDD.nyse., on Staples.com Friday, and the printer will hit "many" of the retailer's brick-and-mortar stores by June.

While 3-D printers have long been used in industrial manufacturing, a recent "maker" movement is slowly popularizing in-home versions of the devices.

The Cube, like other 3-D printers, is a machine that creates physical, three-dimensional objects.

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