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3D printing could be the next great technological disruption

• tocomment 14y ago
  I remember hearing about 3D printing in the late 90s. Isn't it taking a long time to see affordable 3D printers for consumers? Does anyone know what's holding it up? Is it possible we'll never see 3D printers below $1000?
  • EliRivers 14y ago
    The article indicates they already exist. "...home versions for little more than $1,000 (or half that in kit form)."
  • mryan 14y ago
    I seem to recall reading a $999 3D printer being announced at a hardware conference recently, but I'm afraid I can't find the link. The Cubify (http://cubify.com/cube/store.aspx http://cubify.com/cube/store.aspx) is $1299, so I don't think it will be long until we have a few sub-$999 models to choose from.
  • ChuckMcM 14y ago
    So why do they have to be less than $1000? Henry Ford disrupted things and never built a consumer version of the assembly line :-) There is already use of 3D processes in specialist markets for production parts, those markets are training the people who build these things what is and what is not useful. The 'home' 3D printing market is wicked fun but I don't know if it will ever be much bigger than the home 'machining' market is either. Time will tell.