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My designer friends are salivating over this. Does the future mean a home-fabricator as a household item, where we can create tools as well as edible items? I c
by marquis 15y ago
My designer friends are salivating over this. Does the future mean a home-fabricator as a household item, where we can create tools as well as edible items? I can imagine it would cut down on waste. The business model, like an iTunes for 3D models, will be massive.
- alexchamberlain 15y agoThe price has to come down dramatically before this will be a reality.
- nickpinkston 15y agoIt's less a factor of price for most things than just the material properties of the finished product and the fact that most things aren't a blob of material, but have circuit board, etc. that requires assembly. That said - cups, jewelry, etc. that can be made at once don't have these material/assembly issues. Jewelry only costs $20 more to do using 3D printed patterned (as opposed to molded patterns), but with ceramic cups you're right: price is the biggest hang up currently.
- marquis 15y agoEconomies of scale: our first VHS player was a couple of hundred grand.
- Luyt 15y agoDon't forget that for useful household ceramics you need a lot more than just a 3D printer alone -- You'll need equipment and materials to glaze, and a ceramics kiln (which you can't fire in your kitchen).
- pbhjpbhj 15y ago>and a ceramics kiln (which you can't fire in your kitchen) // Not [yet] suitable for this purpose but you can get a kiln that fits in your microwave! http://www.google.com/search?q=microwave+oven+kiln http://www.google.com/search?q=microwave+oven+kiln