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Re:The Achilles’ Heel of 3D Printing by gallerytungsten on Sunday December 30, 2012 @06:55PM (#4987614)
Cool idea, but look at the unit cost. Right now, the per-unit cost is way too high to make that economical, especially for something large like furniture. Also, the value of your idea lies in the "human responsive AI," not the 3D printing.
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Re:The Achilles’ Heel of 3D Printing by dwiel on Sunday December 30, 2012 @10:12PM (#4988202)
Oh, I totally agree that unit cost right now is way way too high. That said it is many orders of magnitude cheaper to do a one off plastic part with a 3d printer than an injection mold. Also, 3d printers are just one small piece of the one off automated factory.
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