Solidoodle - first 3D printer for under $500

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Former MakerBot exec launches Solidoodle sub-$500 3D printer
By Brian Heater  posted Apr 25th 2012 at 4:36PM



Let's be honest -- we all want a a 3D printer to call our own, right? Price has always been a significant barrier to the dream of printing pretty much everything your imagination can conjure (barring some hardware limitations, of course). For its part, MakerBot has made some significant strides toward tearing some of those barriers, and now Solidoodle, led by that company's former COO Samuel Cervantes, is looking to take the trend even further.

The company's current self-tilted model starts at just under $500. The printer, which is now up for pre-order, can print plastic pieces up to 6" x 6" x 6", and "all you need to supply is a computer and power." Also, interestingly, "a 200-pound man can literally stand on top of the machine while it's printing. " So, that's a bonus. Check out a video of the printer in action after the break.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/25/former-makerbot-exec-launches-solidoodle-sub-500-3d-printer/

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  Now tie it into a Kinect and you will really hve something.

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If the price of 3D printers fall in the $300 range, I can see myself purchasing one.

Lots of possibilities.. Just thinking of the things I'd make. Brave new world we live in.

[pwrhamr]

 Just heard a radio show with these guys. They are talking about making food and body parts with it. basically this thing makes a frame which the food and bones grow....Replicator?