Inventor from the West African country Togo, Kodjo Afate Gnikou, created the first 3D printer from electronic equipment worth less than $100. 33 year old  Afate made an experimental functional 3D printer using an old desktop case, part of the diskette drive, parts from discarded scanner and printer found at the local dump.

Dutch architect Janjaap Ruijssenaars announced that he intends to make a two floor building entirely from parts "printed" with a 3D printer. Ruijssenaars intends to make a "Landscape House", which has a two-story set in the shape of the number 8, which he describes as a unique surface twisted in a unlimited loop, where the floor converts into the roof from the inside out.