The Kniterate clothes printer just made grandma obsolete

Robots aren’t just coming for our jobs – now they’re preparing to stitch up our grandmas too. Kniterate is a digital knitting machine that feeds on yarn, electricity and the tears of retired sewing champions, and produces one-off garments in your choice of colour and design. You can choose the size and pattern of your scarf, sweater or hat from the software’s templates, or upload your own images for it to work with. It’ll then whip up your bespoke winter warmer at a speedy 25mm per second. The good news for grandma is that early Kniterates cost $4499 and won’t arrive until April 2018. Just enough time to knit a giant, robot-smothering blanket…

Mark Wilson Features editor

About

Mark's first review for Stuff was the Nokia N-Gage in 2004. Luckily, his career lasted a little longer than the taco phone, and he's been trying to figure out how gadgets fit back into their boxes ever since. While his 'Extreme Mark Wilson' persona was retired following a Microsoft skydiving incident, this means he can often be spotted in the wilds of South West London testing action cams, drones and smartwatches, and occasionally cursing at them.

Areas of expertise

Smart home tech, cameras, wearables and obscure gadgets from the early 2000s.