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3D Printing On Demand

Posted by timothy on from the safer-than-a-cnc-machine dept.

Iddo Genuth writes "The Netherlands based company Shapeways is beta testing a new service allowing people to print three-dimensional models. Customers can upload designs or use a creation tool hosted at the Shapeways website, then order a printed model of their designs for less than $3 per square centimeter. The printed items are shipped to the customer in ten days or less, bringing 3D printing to consumers and not just companies large enough to afford their own printers."

2 of 106 comments (clear)

  1. Oooh oooh! by martin-boundary · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Two words: weird science.

  2. if it's just gambling, presented as investing.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    like someone picking your pocket, then helping you mourn your loss. sounds a lot like false advertising at minimum? 'course now it's nobody's fault.

    "Of course, they had a great life [by whose measure?], as long as it lasted."

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081011/ap_on_bi_ge/where_s_the_money;_ylt=A0wNcwJGwvFIZAQAE6ms0NUE

    easy come, easy goo.