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To: MississippiMan
These technologies have been in use within the rapid prototyping industry for many years now, and I predict it will make the transition to a consumer technology.

It suspect there will be a market for Kinkos or someone to get into, but I doubt it will pay Joe Sixpack to have a solid object printer for the first 50 years. Just not enough need, and way too expensive and limited in the materials department.

Still this technology has been demonstrated and machines that "print" solid objects out of plastic exist, and as the available build material list grows and the technology gets cheaper you can expect this to really take off.


11 posted on 09/06/2005 12:41:36 PM PDT by konaice
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To: konaice

That's nothing. Just wait until your can inkjet print organs. Need a new liver? No problem - print one on your inkjet printer. Keep drinking. Or how about a REAL extension, instead of all these fake promises I keep getting every day in emails?

http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/news/s/143/143230_tailormade_skin_from_ink_printer.html


13 posted on 09/06/2005 12:46:51 PM PDT by TrebleRebel
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