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What do you think.... 7 yeas before 3D printers are sub-$500, and showing up in homes in great numbers?

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The big breakthroughs will be when the precision gets a lot better, and the variety of materials/colors/etc increases.  We're still (mostly) in the monochrome world of "cheap" 3d printing.

When you can 3d print something that will stand the test of time, like metal... that'll be awesome.

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What do you think.... 7 yeas before 3D printers are sub-$500, and showing up in homes in great numbers?

Given the reliability and user-friendliness of the standard 2D printer, the 3D version may have a couple more hurdles to overcome.  Then there's crippling it so it can't produce anything complex or potentially harmful.

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I wouldn't worry about that, the thing about 3D printers is as they get better you can use them to print 3D printers.  The hardware hackers will make sure that there's a market and supply for 3D printers that aren't limited in what they are allowed to print.

The hurdle right now is the technology itself.  There's really good and there's really cheap but they are worlds apart yet.

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I think they will be <$500 in 3 years.
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