You know 3d printing is hitting the mainstream when:
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Amazon made a big splash with the recent release of their new Fire TV
As part of my continuing adventures with a 3D printer, my next project is printing an actual 3D printer, the opensource Prusa Mendel, a Reprap derivative. Well, printing a good portion of it anyways. Aside from a larger build platform which utilizes a slightly different way of printing from my MakerBot (both the extruder and…
I picked up this APC 450 battery backup from Costco last night for $36…I don’t recall ever seeing them that cheap. The box suggests up to 28 mins of backup power…the webpage linked has it somewhat lower depending on load. Recently we had a power outage. I have a NAS, wireless router and cable modem…
This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I talked about these items: Jewellers now have a 3d printer for custom castings: 3d printing has begun to affect another industry with the announcement a new 3d printer, the 3Z Studio from Solidscape, which is targeted at jewellers. The desktop printer creates complex wax patterns from…
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3D Printing at staples? That is crazy and unfortunate that the technology will be so readily
available to the general public. I wonder what sector of people that`s going to put out of work.
Too Bad.
I don’t think it’s going to dramatically change anything…3d printing has been available to everyone for a while now with companies like Shapeways offering those services.
The 3d printers at Staples are paper based (laminated layers of cut coloured paper)…not plastic, metal or resin based 3d printers so there will be limited types of objects done. It’s unclear at this point if the printers will actually be in store or used offsite and then the product shipped to the store. I don’t expect it to be a cheap process either so I don’t see it having that big of an impact to jobs or anything else.
Josh, dont be scared of technology. We continue to make improvements to the ways humans do things. Try to remember that technology replaces old techniques and generates new ideas and new methods. We live in a 3 dimensional world, why not create 3 dimensional things.