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1 posted on 12/04/2014 10:09:01 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine
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To: Jack Hydrazine

As 3D printing really takes off, I predict a pay marketplace where people can download schematics for plastic parts of everything from the battery door on a remote control to a replacement dashboard for your car.


2 posted on 12/04/2014 10:11:21 AM PST by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

By the time the technology reaches the point when it is truly useful it will be regulated to a gnat’s ass. Every printer will come loaded with spyware, and software to recognize and forbid certain objects (eg gun parts.)


5 posted on 12/04/2014 10:19:12 AM PST by Wyrd bið ful aræd (Asperges me, Domine, hyssopo et mundabor, Lavabis me, et super nivem dealbabor.)
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