Reply to post: Re: Over-hyped stupidity

Got $130,000 down the back of the sofa? Great. Grab an HP 3D printer

Dave 126 Silver badge

Re: Over-hyped stupidity

>Over-hyped stupidity

>Neat and useful technology yes.

Er, so whcih one is it? Make your mind up!

>People have actually claimed "3D Printed Car"

So, you managed to find the words of some idiots on the internet... well done Jeff, that must have been hard! :) Meanwhile, the people who actually make cars, Ford, BMW et al, are interested in this - as they always have been in CAD and prototyping tech.

For sure, 3D printing has been over-hyped in the past - by idiots - but this HP process has my attention. It's worth noting that they bided their time - they bought Stratasys (fused material deposition) quite a few years back before letting them go without any HP product being released.

It ain't going to change the face of manufacturing, but it will be a consistent way of bringing products with short production runs (up to 10,000, say) to market.

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