Students at the Cockrell School on Engineering now have the ability to use a 3D printing for free. A new 'Innovation Station" 3D printing vending machine has been set up on campus. The machine which uses a Makerbot Replicator 2 also has a patent pending arm which pushes finished products off the build platform and into the receptor bin for students to pick up. More details on this vending machine can be found here: http://3dprint.com/14278/3d-print-vending-machine/

Below is a picture of the machine. I could see these things appearing in hardware stores, where you submit an order online and pick it up locally after it has been printed.