When you hear “3-D printing,” you probably think of advanced prototyping operations, or maybe even a factory-style floor humming with 50 industrial-scale machines (see “A Ribbon Cutting for 3-D Printing”). Yet when I tell the uninitiated about 3-D printing, they’re often thrown off. They hear the word “printer,” and they automatically assume I’m talking about the thing beneath your desk that spits out ink and paper. It takes a moment to explain that 3-D printing doesn’t typically refer to something that happens in your home–yet.
But with a new, downright affordable 3-D printer called the Portabee, 3-D printing might soon be entering the home after all. The Portabee only costs $480. There are laser printers that cost plenty more than that.
via technology review
November 27, 2012
