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Anyone who uses "instantaneous" in the same paragraph with "3D printing" is clueless :-).

That said, 3D digitizers look like fun. My thought is that one of these laser pico projectors, a RasPi, a web cam, a computer controlled turntable and some clever software, ok so that is like 5 things. Ah to have free time again.

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It's hyperbole. I use 3D printers frequently. The "instantaneous" was referring to the digitizer, which takes 12 minutes to create the file. That, compared to the hours it would take to create such a design in CAD program, could be called instantaneous. Just as "rapid prototyping" can take hours, depending upon the object. It's fast, compared to the alternative.

It's all about frame of reference.

Fair enough, but when someone wants something printed on my Makerbot Replicator, and they don't know these things. They thing "Star Trek" not, slow grind :-).

Now that would be a printer that sells well. Even the most expensive printers still take FOREVER. One day. One day.

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