Well, I was just watching another video about all of this (RepRap was passingly mentioned) and the technology has a purpose but I already see the control creeping in. Do you have Hoover that is no longer made and need a part for it? Well, download a file and get your 3d printer to working. This seems to be the big thing and what people are not understanding is that the 3d file to allow this wiby Dark Alchemist - General
Traumflug Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Oh, I understand more than you think and I know > most people in the chain make very litte until it > hits the retail store with their 400% to 1500% > markups. > > In the RepRap world you can easily buy from > developers and/or manufacturers directly and at > low prices, but guess what: people areby Dark Alchemist - General
billyzelsnack Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > edit: As far as the 3d scanner ability maybe (I > > don't do cell phones as that is just another > > anchor and point of control) but it will not > have > > the abilities we need with million point > > resolution that can be stuck into a stl file. > > Leap 3D motion control sysby Dark Alchemist - General
bobc Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ttsalo Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > I think you have it backwards... The rapid > > prototyping field has been completely dominated > by > > the corporations and their proprietary products > up > > until the relatively recent proliferation of >by Dark Alchemist - General
billyzelsnack Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > I suspect the strangle hold they will do to us > > will be to keep that scanner expensive JUST > like > > Hollywood has for the last 4+ years for Blu-Ray > > burners and blank media for the PC. > > Who is "they"? > > My opinion is the opposite. I suspect that every > new moby Dark Alchemist - General
bobc Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Dark Alchemist Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > WildBill Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > Why does this thread stink of QU-BD? > > > > > > What the heck does that mean? > >by Dark Alchemist - General
WildBill Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Why does this thread stink of QU-BD? What the heck does that mean?by Dark Alchemist - General
I agree with everything you just said. I lay odds that Cube is a rip off with proprietary front end sitting on an Arduino I lay odds. The $2.99 is free shipping 3 weeks (comes from Hong Kong directly) and the American one (California) is 3 days. So, I know what you are driving at but the success of Wal-Mart was the loest price not the quality of goods, or in our case Joe/Jane Six-Pack and howby Dark Alchemist - General
I agree something will come and the 3d printer business is never going to 100% take over but I can see it doing 50-70%. 5 dollars is a tad much when (lets look at this from a typical consumers viewpoint and we must look at this viewpoint to see why this will or will not take off) I can go on Ebay and buy one for $2.99 delievered free from China there is another that is made for Ford from Amerby Dark Alchemist - General
"How about downloading a .stl of that 3157 3rd brake light bulb holder for $5? Why not?" Piracy. If someone saw that at 5 dollars I know they would hit the torrent sites for that exact STL because that is just gouging (considering they are using their own filiments, electricity, wear and tear) and once something is out there in the software world (hardware is different) it can't be controlled eby Dark Alchemist - General
ttsalo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think you have it backwards... The rapid > prototyping field has been completely dominated by > the corporations and their proprietary products up > until the relatively recent proliferation of the > open source projects. It's not the big business > that's moving in, the open source side is. > > Theby Dark Alchemist - General
edjuh Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Dark > > Yes, I agree on that 'it' has started. But what > can one do against it ? > The reprap community is here, and could try to > fight it but how ? > I do not feel as if I want to be a manufacturer I wish I knew. Seriously. The thing is that they have the money to make things happen to destroy thby Dark Alchemist - General
The point is I know at least the common American (the type who does their main job, comes home and opens a beer and watches the tube until bedtime) and they will not attempt this. What they want is to buy off the shelf because it is easy while I am not opposed to that myself I can see them dumping them at below cost to protect the status-qou by killing the open source/open hardware market. Onceby Dark Alchemist - General
I watched a video about a Cube 3d Printer and when I heard you had to input a passcode to get it to work (grab it off the website) I had huge flashbacks to the DIVX format circa 2000. We all know what happened to that format and to the people who bought into it (I never trusted it so stuck with DVD myself) and if not wiki DIVX (not the video format we have now but the DVD competitior). So, letby Dark Alchemist - General