New York Times Cover Story Features Alibre in “3-D Printing Spurs a Manufacturing Revolution” Sept 14, 2010By Ashlee Vance, New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/14/technology/14print.html?_r=1&hpw
A wealth of design software programs, from free applications to the more sophisticated offerings of companies including Alibre and Autodesk, allows a person to concoct a product at home, then send the design to a company like Shapeways, which will print it and mail it back.
“We are enabling a class of ordinary people to take their ideas and turn those into physical, real products,” said J. Paul Grayson, Alibre’s chief executive. Mr. Grayson said his customers had designed parts for antique cars, yo-yos and even pieces for DNA analysis machines.
“We have a lot of individuals going from personal to commercial,” Mr. Grayson said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/14/technology/14print.html?_r=1&hpw
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