CES 2012: Sculpteo Cuts Out the Middle Man With Cloud 3-D Printing

[Alphasys]

Oh yeah, let's cut out the middleman so we can make even more money of the people directly.

[Djhg2000]

So it's like i.materialize?

[Djhg2000]

@Djhg2000 Typo, I meant i.materialise

[EgaoNoGenki]

@Djhg2000 Either way was correct. -ze was American English; -se was British/Commonwealth.

[EgaoNoGenki]

Whoa, a 3-D printer for just $300??? Dang, I remember when it could have cost that much for a 2-D dot-matrix! (That would've been in my elementary & middle years.)

You know, maybe we should program printers to print parts of themselves, so once we put it together, then... well, you fill in the blanks.

[rockebanane]

@EgaoNoGenki good idea, but those parts are much cheaper produced in mass producation (accumulation of ressources ect) :)

[rockebanane]

@EgaoNoGenki and think of: why should we fill gaps when the product is already working? :D

[EgaoNoGenki]

@rockebanane Maybe it's cheaper to replace broken parts with those that we print ourselves as opposed to ordering said parts, paying for shipping, and waiting the few days.

[xzorg69]

@EgaoNoGenki look up RepRap beat you to it