Highlights:
- In the space of 20 minutes, the MakerBot Replicator replicates a plastic bottle opener
- Typical hobby grade plastic extrusion process is 40mm per second
- 3D printing is nothing new, but consumer 3D printing is
- A spool of plastic for $50 is enough to build a toy castle costing 3x the price in store
- Intellectual property rights issues
- 3D Systems, a product and service provider for 3D Printers and Printing employs 1000 workers worldwide
- Expect 3D Printing 'app stores'
- Microsoft Kinect can be used as a primitive 3D Scanner, e.g. to model a face and then to print it
- Sculpt objects in the air and have them come to life as 3D Printed models
- Expect sub-$500 3D home printers in the future
- ABS plastic, as used in some printers, does not break down in the environment
- 3D Systems higher end machines can work in metals, nylons, powders and liquids [not sure what is meant here]
- MakerBot Industries want to put a 3D Print-based manufacturing unit on the Moon
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