Wow, 3d printing is a revolution to come for sure and 2012 and 2013 will be remembered as the “Apple II” years – just like the short moment in history where creative nerds would invent the computer industry.
Watch this to see a 3d printed record that actually works. Now, even though the sound quality is aweful. The law of accelerating returns means that the maturing of 3d printing will not take 30 years like with the computer industry but more like 10 or 15 years. Just imagine the possibilities once there is an affordable high-resolution desktop printer that can mix and match several different materials – in order to for example print ready made electronics. It´s heppening…
http://www.wired.com/design/2012/12/3-d-printed-record/?utm_source=Contextly&utm_medium=RelatedLinks&utm_campaign=Previous
