Bre Pettis initially demoed the Cupcake at South by Southwest by showing up to bars and printing shot glasses for people.
http://www.shapeways.com/blog/archives/364-shapeways-interviews-bre-pettis-of-makerbot-industries.html
Nicholas Giovinco
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On 21Jan, 2013, at 12:01 PM, Stewart Dickson <mathartspd_at_gmail.com> wrote:
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> From: Adam Mayer <phooky_at_gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 4:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [hackerspaces] Toasting the 3D Printer
> To: Hackerspaces General Discussion List <discuss_at_lists.hackerspaces.org>
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> It's an old RepRap tradition dating back to at least 2007, referenced here:
> http://reprap.org/wiki/ItemsMade
>
> I'm pretty sure that a shotglass was the second object printed on the
> prototype cupcake. (The first was a dodecahedron.)
> -a
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 4:49 PM, Stewart Dickson <mathartspd_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> The Makerspace Urbana has a SoliDoodle http://www.solidoodle.com
>> http://makerspaceurbana.org
>> http://www.facebook.com/groups/118240874874433
>>
>> During the meeting(s) we had to plan how to get the machine set up and
>> begin printing objects on it, it was mentioned that...
>>
>> A tradition exists within Hackerspaces that, after the Calibration
>> Pyramid is printed,
>> the next object to build is a shot glass - Or, preferably one glass
>> per person in attendance -
>> And a toast is drunk to the 3D printer using glasses that it printed.
>>
>> Can anyone confirm this tradition and say whether it is documented anywhere?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> -Stewart Dickson
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