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With the advent of 3D-printing we should be prepared for the inevitability that everything will eventually be just as difficult to tinker with. 3D-printers ena
by ihsw 13y ago
With the advent of 3D-printing we should be prepared for the inevitability that everything will eventually be just as difficult to tinker with.
3D-printers enable you to construct devices that are so intricately and tightly closed.
- nwh 13y agoI'm not sure we will ever see mass produced 3D printed items. As it stands injection moulded thermoplastics can be churned out at absolutely incredible rates that just can't be matched by a deposited powder or extrusion printing. I think it's world changing, but not for mass produced items like the Mac Pro.
- astrodust 13y agoApple's using CNC machining on an unprecedented scale to make their products because it offers superior results to a purely stamped or cast part. If 3D printing offers something novel, I'm sure Apple will be all over it yesterday. The only thing I can think of where this would work is materials like glass.