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MakerBot Replicator 2

3D printers are types of robots that are revolutionizing the manufacturing sector. They make product creation accessible to (almost) everyone by taking care of the precise and often cost-prohibitive work involved in building a physical object. In the same way regular comp


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://community.robotshop.com/blog/show/make-the-world-around-you-with-a-3d-printer

This is remarkable, think of how quickly this could change the entire supply chain in manufacturing! Although it would potentially eliminate or change a wide range of jobs. Shipping wouldn’t be necessary for products that could be remotely printed in 3D. It also wouldn’t require someone to put them together on assembly lines. An entire industry is probably going to grow around these printers alone. We recently published an article (http://empiricalmag.blogspot.com/2012/12/december-excerpt-creative-disruption-by.html) in our magazine that goes into this a little bit deeper.