Amazon launches 3-D printing store
Source: CNN
The future of retail: manufactured by a 3-D printer, delivered by drone.
That's the sci-fi scenario Amazon (AMZN, Tech30) is inching closer to with the launch this week of its 3-D Printing Store, which offers shoppers over 200 products, including toys, jewelry and home decorations.
The items are produced via 3-D printer, and can be customized by size, color, material or with personal text and images. A "personalization widget" lets you play around with different designs and preview your purchase before you buy.
"The introduction of our 3-D Printed Products store suggests the beginnings of a shift in online retail - that manufacturing can be more nimble to provide an immersive customer experience," Petra Schindler-Carter, Amazon's director for marketplace sales, said in a statement.
Read more: http://money.cnn.com/2014/07/29/technology/innovationnation/amazon-3d-printing/index.html?iid=TL_Popular
closeupready
(29,503 posts)Can I print me a new car?
surrealAmerican
(11,360 posts)... is small and plastic.
tridim
(45,358 posts)I have Amazon Prime, so make it fast please.
MannyGoldstein
(34,589 posts)DocwillCuNow
(162 posts)I overlooked years ago.
DavidDvorkin
(19,477 posts)It's not time travel, but it is being called 4D printing:
http://www.sjet.us/MIT_4D%20PRINTING.html
christx30
(6,241 posts)birthday present from my friend Mike. I'm nearly 40 now.
leokracey
(1 post)This one is really worth.
http://www.amazon.com/Aurora3D-Printer-Precision-Three-Dimensional-Physical/dp/B00MHQDYI0/