3D Printing Going Mainstream

By Frank Tobe | June 11, 2011

Recent examples of 3D printing include intricate meshed titanium gloves and plastic bikinis.

Apple had to use prototyping 3D printers from Japan because it couldn’t manufacture a critical iPad part in time.

All sorts of apps – in the UK they’re remaking wing parts in lighter titanium because every pound lightened saves $2,000 in annual fuel costs.

MakerBot, an entry level machine, has sold more than 4,000 so far.

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Frank Tobe

Frank Tobe is the founder of The Robot Report and co-founder of ROBO Global which has developed a tracking index for the robotics industry, the ROBO Global™ Robotics & Automation Index. The index of ~90 companies in 13 sub-sectors tracks and captures the entire economic value of this global opportunity in robotics, automation and enabling technologies.