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The thing a lot of people don't get about 3d printing right now is that it is still in its infancy. We are basically at the point where cell phones were the siz
by jtchang 13y ago
The thing a lot of people don't get about 3d printing right now is that it is still in its infancy. We are basically at the point where cell phones were the size of bricks. Give it a decade or two and we might look at 3d printers and their current price / resolution as laughable.
I truly hope we hear more stories of hospitals acquiring 3d printer technology so it becomes as ubiquitous as an MRI.
- toomuchtodo 13y agoI'm 30. I grew up when a Discman was normal. Yes, a CD that spins in a portable device. It even had skip protection! Now? My children will laugh at such a notion. "Daddy, what was it like when someone else had to make the stuff you used?"
- slacka 13y agoThe thing a lot of people don't get about 3D printing is that it has been around since the early 80s. And unlike semiconductors which follow Moore's Law, not much has changed in the past 30 years except some of the earlier patents have expired. So the printers good for printing cheap plastic junk, like figurines, now only cost about $1K. SOURCE: My company has been using $1-500K 3D printers for the past 15 years.