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Mattel Is Using 3D Printing to Resurrect an Old Hit
- SixSigma 11y agoKudos for them if they are embracing this wholeheartedly
- mariuolo 11y agoHmm, children chew on toys. Is 3D printing safe in that regard?
- bagels 11y agoIs chewing on injection molded toys safe?
- Sanddancer 11y agoABS and PLA are already heavily used in making toys, so they'd be no more dangerous than any other toy on the market.
- metasean 11y agoI'd be much more concerned with the printing exhaust. e.g. http://3dprintingindustry.com/2015/10/28/toxic-abs-pla-fumes-3dsafety-org-inquires-vocs/ http://3dprintingindustry.com/2015/10/28/toxic-abs-pla-fumes...
- tdicola 11y agoI'm sure this will have an age range of like 8 years old and up where chewing on random things is less of a problem.
- sschueller 11y agoNot sure if kids will have the patience to wait 8 hours for a print out compared to a few minutes with the original version.
- tdicola 11y agoThe most interesting thing about this in my opinion is that their software is only for iOS and Android, at least for now. No Windows/desktop option. Makes total sense IMHO.
- camillomiller 11y agoCory Doctorow's Makers is becoming a reality.
- cableshaft 11y agoOnce again, I get a reminder of why I really need to start reading some Doctorow.
- coco1989 11y agoI found a thing maker in my grandmothers attic - it was awesome.
- codezero 11y agoA 3D printer at $299 is pretty amazing. If love to see examples of the quality of the items it produces.
- oliv__ 11y agoTengential but: sometimes I wonder how websites like these survive or even exist. Reading an article on Fortune is hellish: ads trying to load, flash trying to activate, huge black banner with outsize logo (80% empty space), another banner linking to other sites of the network, big link banner to the left, ad underneath, and finally you get a tiny, cramped square on the screen to read your article. Who reads this? (In any case, a 3D printer at that price is pretty damn cool. Kids will grow up in a totally different world when they can 3D print toys at home, on demand.)
- jgalt212 11y agoIndeed. I basically cannot get either Business Insider or Huffington Post to load on my laptop unless I have an Ad Blocker installed.
- wallflower 11y ago> Who reads this? Print ads still are the bulk of Time, Inc.'s revenue. With the race to the bottom (as in quality) for online ad selling, we are merely reaping the results of monetizing online publications through selling (lots of) screen real estate. Buzzfeed's model is very interesting. Attract traffic virally (You won't believe what happened next) to subsidize real investigative journalism. Similar to using ads to support foreign desks. http://www.iop.harvard.edu/how-buzzfeed-parisian-cafe http://www.iop.harvard.edu/how-buzzfeed-parisian-cafe
- kristianp 11y agoDon't forget h1 text reflowing and scroll bars appearing when you move the mouse between the left column and the main section! Animated ads like the ones on this site are what made me start using adblockers years ago, I literally can't read the text when they're on the page.