Podcast
Behind the Bastards
The author, Corey Doctorow, mentioned his own book, "Makers", published in 2008, which explored the potential of 3D printing. He acknowledged that the book's predictions about a 3D printing revolution had not yet fully materialized, but he attributed this to ongoing patent issues and the complexity of the 3D printing supply chain. He expressed continued hope for the technology's future.
This is where I do my Woody Allen..."you know nothing of my work" shtick because I had this novel "Makers" in 2009...2008...it's why Brie Pettis went out and founded MakerBot and it's credited with li...
— Episode: It Could Happen Here Weekly 14
Episode: It Could Happen Here Weekly 14
The author, Corey Doctorow, mentioned his own book, "Makers", published in 2008, which explored the potential of 3D printing. He acknowledged that the book's predictions about a 3D printing revolution had not yet fully materialized, but he attributed this to ongoing patent issues and the complexity of the 3D printing supply chain. He expressed continued hope for the technology's future.
This is where I do my Woody Allen..."you know nothing of my work" shtick because I had this novel "Makers" in 2009...2008...it's why Brie Pettis went out and founded MakerBot and it's credited with like kickstarting the homebrew 3D printed revolution blah blah blah blah blah...and it was a very bullish novel about 3D printing...the reality hasn't lived up to the hype yet...
I think the problem with 3D printing was that the patents had been concentrated into the hands of two large firms that had bought all their competitors including MakerBot and when those patents finally expired the big one was the laser centering of powder patent expired there just wasn't a big bang and I think it's because the supply chain for it still had a lot of proprietary elements and so producing the powder and producing the components that allowed for that remaining a very high bar and so we just didn't see the kind of new industry emerge that we would have hoped for...