3D Printing

Talon · 2013-03-18T18:20:43.000Z

Interesting Video posted on CNN today 'A 3-D printer created this shoe'. I'm impressed with the 16 different printing colors and the fact it can print in two different plastics - ABS and compostable PLA. Legos are made of ABS, although I doubt the exact formula is known (often extra ingredients are added to change the plastic properties). 3D Printing in Vibrant Colors and ABS plastic Interesting that today is 3/18 and the video says it was added on 3/31! You too can see the future, lol Color Cartridge info The cartridges start at $49 and the printer is $1,299. I still think it will be decades until it could compete with Lego's price per piece (if ever!), but it might be cool to design some add-ons and sell them or be used to replace rare parts if the colors match. In this machine, the Cube, you can only use one color in a print. On their $3,999 machine (CubeX Trio) you can use 3 colors in a print.