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Originally Posted by dtengineering
Twenty years from now, I expect, we'll be looking back and laughing at how primitive they really were! Jason
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This comment made me think about my first 2d printer; a NEC dot matrix from sometime in the early 90's. Yeah, it worked, but it was expensive, slow, loud, jammed if you looked at it funny and really could only print numbers and letters onto very specific paper. I do miss tearing off those perforated edges, though. That really was satisfying.
I imagine that todays 'bench top' 3d printers are at about the same point in technological development as that pinwriter. If that holds true then twenty years from now you'll be able to buy a 3d printer in Walmart for $30.
It also means that the material refill cartridges will cost $45
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