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Computers *were* designed for ubiquity? They are now, but "640kb is all you'd ever need".

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/08/3d-print/

Although in this case it is used in a very specialized case, giving a little girl the ability to use her arms, it shows the advancement of 3d printing.
It's remarkably very fluid in it's ability to produce different things as and when required.
The fact that you can even print PCBs (ish) on the buggers shows that you can get very wonderful results, if only people knew how electricity worked. Maybe visual programming software to help the everyman.
With the advent of the Raspberry Pi and governments attempting to get more children into STEM, it seems to be likely that children would be able to design, print and then use wonderful stuff.

We know not what the future holds, for we are not there. I, for one, am looking forward to it. However I am sad that I am not there to enjoy it, like consumer space travel et al.