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Royal Mail Pilots 3D Printing Service

Posted by Soulskill on from the poorly-fitting-imitation-legos-for-all dept.

New submitter MRothenberg writes: Just in time for the holidays, the UK's postal service is testing out a 3D printing service at its central London delivery center. Customers can order "ready-to-print" objects (including shoes, soap dishes and phone cases) or bring in their own originals to duplicate and send via Royal Mail. The postal company's COO predicts consumer demand for 3D printing will grow 95 percent by 2017.

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  1. Shape DRM by TechyImmigrant · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I can't wait to see what they come up with to add DRM to the shape of things so you can't copy them in a 3D scanner/printer.

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