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Printing hasn't replaced book-publishing, so there's little reason to think 3D-printing will replace traditional manufacturing. However, I think he underestima
by arikrak 14y ago
Printing hasn't replaced book-publishing, so there's little reason to think 3D-printing will replace traditional manufacturing.
However, I think he underestimates 3D printing's potential when he says its only for people with design skill. Some people may want the ability to print 3D models they find online, just like people print some PDFs nowadays. In fact, this could be much more useful.
- jorleif 14y agoThis was exactly what I was thinking as well. To take the analogy further, computers are still used to a ridiculously large extent to prepare paper documents, and the software has become relatively easy to use with a little training. Similarly, I believe, there could be 3d-shape editors for regular people that make the design process for certain kinds of objects easy (such as, connectors, lego-like blocks etc.)