Good article. It kind of puts some of the hurdles of 3D printing in perspective. I don’t think they will ever be so ubiquitous that the average person just prints out what they need instead of going to the hardware store. Heck most VCRs blinked 12:00 the entire time people owned them. I have a friend who doesn’t have a clue how to retrieve his messages out of his cell phone. There is however a lot of untapped creativity out in the hinterlands. People that had a really good idea but never had a way of producing a working prototype. This could change that. They might have a hobbyist friend or they may pay some entrepreneur that started up a small business to print their dream.
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