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If You Behave Yourself, I'll Print You A Toy
from the sign-me-up dept
The gadget geek in me finds the following story pretty compelling. 3D printers have been around for quite some time, but they've always been very expensive and, generally speaking, are limited to industrial design shops. Now, however, some manufacturers of the equipment are talking about ways to manufacture the printers more cheaply, so that the average consumer might be able to buy one. The big question, right now, is whether or not there's a real market for such a product. I must admit, beyond the initial "coolness" factor, I'm not quite sure what it would be useful for - but I'm sure people can come up with some pretty compelling uses. The article spends some time describing many of the different methods that these printers use to create products, which is quite interesting.
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Hobbyist's dream
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Von Neumann
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Replacement parts
Even better, the carafe on my coffee pot is also broken, but it's 15 years old and that style of carafe isn't even made anymore. Too expensive to stock the part -- but data's cheap, comparatively. Just insert the tempered glass cartridge into the 3D printer...
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