The Web’s biggest pirate galleon has just announced a new search category: “Physibles”, a fancy name for digital 3D objects…
“Data objects that are able (and feasible) to become physical. We believe that things like three dimensional printers, scanners and such are just the first step. We believe that in the nearby future you will print your spare sparts for your vehicles. You will download your sneakers within 20 years.”
Google 3D Warehouse has of course being quietly doing something very similar for some years now. All their models are free (inc. commercial use) too, but legit. They even give you awesome software, Google SketchUp, for free to manipulate and alter the objects.