Getting Physical - 3d Printers
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I saw this the other day on Core77 and although I find most of the picture frames pretty goofy, their use of the ZPrinter is very cool. As I watched the YouTube video, I had the same feeling that I did about 15 years ago when I first saw what you could do with Photoshop – that’s magic! I want it.
Granted, the ZPrinter’s price range of $19-50K will surely keep it off most folk’s Christmas list, but that’s what makes a company like Jujups so smart. It’s going to be a while before these are priced to a place where consumers can by them. In the mean time, I think there’s a tremendous market for companies to offer the production services for interested and creative people.
But please, put some thought into the user experience. The Jujup site doesn’t even begin to represent the power of what they have to offer and I’d hate to see them fail for that reason.
marc said
am December 20 2007 @ 12:20 am
Hi Thomas, there is also a german company called fabidoo which tries to make 3D printing available to consumers. The site is german only though, but google translate might help to get around.
Jay, writer MemberSpeed.com said
am December 20 2007 @ 5:31 pm
I’m still not sure how the whole thing works. You’re right. The Web site does little to really communicate the concept. And without audio support, I can’t really understand the video being played.Still, the idea of 3D printing is very interesting.
Sivam Krish said
am December 24 2007 @ 6:41 pm
Hi Thomas, Thanks for featuring JuJups.com. The site and it’s contents were designed and launched within a month and a half. We have a long way to go, this is just a start.
Sivam Krish
Thomas Maiorana said
am January 10 2008 @ 6:52 pm
Sivam, nice work. Not bad for a month and a half. I look forward to the next revs. Do keep us posted on your progress.