Comments on: 3D Printers are not for your home, but for microfactories!

By: Wouter Tebbens

Wouter Tebbens — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 05:33:24 +0000

I agree with Tom, in that we are likely to see more modularity. We can expect a change in product design, to design for durability and modularity, instead of the current design for obsolescence.
In the growing Open Hardware movement, this is clearly the case. Furthermore we can observe the growing outrcry for the Right to Repair

For the rest, I think Ryan makes a good point. Not all of us need or want a 3d printer in our homes. Instead, we want access to such machinery when we have the occasional need. We can imagine to have such printers in the local cultural centre, neighbourhood hangout, fablab, hackspace, microfactory, etc.

By: Michel Bauwens

Michel Bauwens — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 10:21:14 +0000

In reply to Tom Griffin. good point!

By: Tom Griffin

Tom Griffin — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 16:53:36 +0000

Isn’t smaller scale production itself likely to lead to more modularity, and hence easier repairability?

By: Zacqary Adam Green

Zacqary Adam Green — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 02:05:16 +0000

In the next few years, I suspect we're going to see disillusionment with the idea of owning anything. Of course 3D printers are more likely to catch on in local tool libraries than in everyone's home. Just like everything else.