3D Printer Price Revolution

DailyTech has a bit about Desktop Factory, a company founded by IdeaLab, having plans to bring a desktop 3D printer to market at around $5,000. The price drop is predicted by the end of 2007. The required material should be priced around $0.50 per cubic inch. Models are created using nylon mixed with aluminum and glass, then hardened with heat.

I agree with A. Michael Berman, CTO for Pasadena's Art Center College of Design, who was quoted in the piece. When the machines were prohibitively expensive, nobody knew they needed one, but as the price is whittled down, inventive people will come up with things to do with something like this.

Most importantly, though, I bring this up because of this quote:

"We are Easy-Bake Ovening a 3-D model" IdeaLab Chairman Bill Gross