MakerBot Gets $10 Million Investment

First time accepted submitter chrisl456 writes "MakerBot Industries, makers (hah!) of 3D printers / personal fabrication devices, just got a big boost in the form of $10 million from an 'all-star lineup.' Replicators, here we come!"

Comments

Re:Oh god, more delusions

[GameboyRMH]

Hahaha idiot. You can print ABS plastic with these things, for starters. You can make real stuff with them. These will become the next common home appliance. The age of fragile prototypes is long gone.

And corporations will be up in arms. Want Lego? Why pay $30 for $1 worth of blocks when you can print them for a couple dollar's worth of material. Want a body kit or some lightweight/cheap replacement body panels (although even common cars now have plastic body panels) for your car but don't want to pay so much? A printer with a big enough build volume can do that too, and you can get an exact copy of a commercial product. Want a custom computer case or a copy of an expensive commercial model? Knock yourself out. Want some cheap/custom furniture? Plastic built into the right structures can be very strong. See: milk crates. Except it won't look ghetto because that will just be the under-structure of your custom furniture.

This will do for many physical objects what computers did for movies and music - including making it easy and cheap for anyone to produce it.

Re:Oh god, more delusions

[Anonymous Psychopath]

Funny that you're modded down, your reaction pretty much matches mine.

MakerBot is cool, but pointless and not actually useful yet for anything that matters. The technology just isn't there yet at the hobbiest level. Its certainly out there, just not at the hobbiest level.

Right around 1980 or so you could have said the exact same thing about personal computers, and it would have been true.

Re:Oh god, more delusions

[NotQuiteReal]

This will do for many physical objects what computers did for movies and music - make non-entertainment companies assume you have stolen from them?