Content-type: text/html Downes.ca ~ Stephen's Web ~ Bukobot’s $600 open-source 3D printer close to being a reality

Stephen Downes

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As I envision a future home filled with plastic or rubber creations printed from my home printer (and big copyright battles over whether it's legal to print your own version of Yoda, and whether scanners are going to be considered 'inducement to violate copyright') and all the rest, I find myself asking what I would actually do with a home 3D printer. Make my own dishes? Toys for the cats? Or just copy after copy after copy of (tm) Yoda statues. Here's the Kickstarter page for the printer, which looks like it will retail under $1000.

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