The "Plastruder" has arrived!
In time everyone will have one of these in their kitchen, and it will fabricate literally anything you want. Need a new pair of sun glasses? Just make a new pair before you go out. Need a ball point pen. Just make one. These machines will eventually be able to make ANYTHING and EVERYTHING; just tell your "replicator" to go on line and download the blueprint for what ever you want to make. Talk about bringing manufacturing back home... Imagine the year 2020 iTunes online catalog with a section that includes 'objects' you can download and fabricate at home for 99 cents each.
For a wonderful novel about a world in which 'fabricators' are commonplace, read: Neil Stevenson's "Diamond Age"
