Sunday, January 5, 2014


A 3D desktop printer, bought online from Amazon, delivered to my door, for under $1000.

It's only a matter of time now.  The cost of the printers will come down and down, and building your own widgets will be commonplace.  We won't buy a cell phone case..... we'll subscribe to a data service and buy the build software, making a new case every week.... or every day..... as whim and style dictate.

In a year. Amazon will have a subsection of 3d printer files, and they will be included with the Prime membership, like Android apps.


1 comment:

eriko said...

The patents for selective laser sintering are expiring. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_laser_sintering This will open even more possibilities for low cost production of metal parts.