Last week I attended the Reboot 11 conference held i Copenhagen. Many great talks – and as always – something that stuck out and showed a bit of the future to come. This year the RepRap 3D printer blew my mind. Made as a open source project by geeks across the globe, it is bound to shake the material world as we know it. Old news you may say – the 3D printers has been around for years. However what makes the RepRap stand out is that this fellow can be put together by a bright high-school student, costs less than 500 euro – and can print virtually anything.
What is the point of printing small plastic things in a bad quality – you may ad. But think about it. 10 years ago a printer was big as a house, could only print in black, in really bad quality, and at a very high cost. Today you can buy a color printer in any grocery store which will print in photo-realistic quality.
3D printed lego blocks – not the perfect fit…yet!
Imagine your teenage daughter left you this note after watching the Oscar nomination all night.
Could this be reality within 5 years? Probably. Will it give every lawyer, designer and manufacturer something to think about. Definitely.
If you can imagine it – you can have it.
Spotted by Michael Rying
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