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I’d print off a load of 3d printers.
There are cheap domestic versions becoming available soon.
Aldi will be selling them before you know it.
Link ?
To a medion 3d printer?
To the cheap domestic versions
Answer below.
Aldi will be selling fablabs? I doubt it.
As long as they don’t try create Eamon Gilmores twin…
it wont have a soul,
a Heart,
a conscience,
a backbone ,
Kahunas or feelings.
If they did,
they would be identical twins…
Maplin have this already: http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/up-plus-2-3d-printer-a25lt
Then there’s PC World’s Cube.
Makerbot were big in the news last year.
The tech is getting there and it’s getting cheaper.
So much for Dublin being a high tech hub
Yes because Cloughjordan is a centre of IT in Ireland. Put one in Dublin or some other city in Ireland
Don’t dis the coolest project in Ireland please
Um Stephen, there is so much wrong in what you’ve said.
First – the wecreate space is about cooperative living and those based there have put it there to serve needs that they know best.
Second – this is not IT, this is digital manufacturing
Third, fablabs exist in whatever business/financing model the local founders decide. If they want to be a true fablab (and not a generic digital manufacturing studio) with an association to the global fablab network they must sign up to the fab charter.
You are right about one thing though – There should be more. In fact, there should be 5 of them in ROI. The Derry and Belfast labs are excellent examples of how publicly funded fablabs can have real impact on communities.
These provide opportunities for moving away from large-scale centralised mass production towards human-scale decentralised local production. Plus allowing a greater degree of self-sufficiency in the creation of consumer goods; along with vertical farming and open-source hardware.
If only this model of creating goods were encouraged in the developing world rather than the neoliberal/corporatist model in place now, Global South economies could chart their own self-reliant route to development and industrialisation rather than being tethered to the whims of transnational capital and the business class of the Global North.
Can’t wait to print a sandwich
I’m here In Germany , saw a 3d printer for sale in a big electrical shop .
I can imagine in years to come everybody will have one
Will I look silly if I try to print my face?
You won’t just look silly you will be silly
Kevin can you elaborate on this a bit more please
Luke – you could print your entire person if you wanted to – after a full body 3D scan.
I’m gonna print myself a gun
There are at least 3 facilities in Dublin. Surprised this wasn’t picked up by the journalist. Just Google.
Hacketts, 3D Dave and 3D Print bureau
700 Euros gets you one in Maplins.
For anyone thinking of buying a 3D printer, make sure you’re not wasting your money. They aren’t all the same and some of the cheaper ones are pretty pathetic.
As far as the “home” market is concerned – I’m not sure there is one yet. That is, unless you are skilled at 3D modelling.
When it comes to fablabs and the value they can be to large areas around them, it’s frustrating that many attempts at raising funding for them have fallen on deaf ears. They should be fully publicly funded and provide at least half of their time to community outreach and open access.
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