Building your own 3D printer is just plain fun
- Discussion of what’s new and good about 3D printing
- Discussion of 3D printing’s limitations
- Discussion of real costs of 3D printing
3D printing can solve real problems
But there’s also a lot of excitement AND hype
Further examples:
- Prosthetic hand: http://youtu.be/CHPuMCshkLU?t=42s (up to ~2:10)
- Robohand project (too long):
- Lots of examples quickly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5AZzOw7FwA (up to ~1:30)
- Pinterest examples: http://www.pinterest.com/justdrengen/3d-print-revolution/
- 3D printers print ten houses in 24 hours
- Printed body parts
- Printed organs
- Printed pizza
- Printed chocolate
- Printed candy
- Printed fashion
- 3D Printing a Garden Sprinkler (skip through the long print sequence)