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"...the same spoons you can buy for 80c... if you live next to Walmart." So, Walmart is the only world provider of 80c plastic spoons ? Let´s be serious, unle
by Kurtz79 12y ago
"...the same spoons you can buy for 80c... if you live next to Walmart."
So, Walmart is the only world provider of 80c plastic spoons ?
Let´s be serious, unless you live in the middle of a jungle or a desert (in which case you´ll probably value more a reusable metal spoon over a 3D-printed one), you´ll rarely be less that 30min drive from a supermarket or convenience store (to which you´ll need to go anyway to buy some definitely non-3d-printable-yet food) that will probably have what you are looking for.
Even if your reasoning is sound, I believe your situation it's kind of an exception, most people live "next to Walmart", so it´s hard to think about it as a killer application.
- TuringTest 12y agoThis technology makes living far away from Walmart a much more palatable experience. Combined with self-sustaining energy sources like solar panels, it could be the basis for a different urban configuration that doesn't depend on direct access to centralized distribution networks. In the medium term I can see "high-tech hippie" communes of young educated hipsters moving to the outskirts of cities, living in plastic domes, telecommuting, composting their waste and 3D printing parts for their maker-culture activities. If this catches on, this could be the basis for less dense cities.