Earlier today thepiratebay.org announced a new category on their website: physical objects. Which I think is very cool. The whole concept of 3D-printing stuff at home is weird and totally awesome. With the availability of various DIY printers for an affordable price printing stuff at home is no longer future. And what is the Internet without a place to share designs?
3D printers create a whole lot of possibilities for new business models. Soon people will sell their designs on the Internet for other to prints. Just-in-time manufacturing will get a new meaning. I foresee a future where shops will exist where you buy a 3D-Model, send it to your home printer when you buy it and have it ready when you come home.
Maybe copy-shops will have 3D-printers for finer detailed prints, and people will be able to alter a design before printing it. Making objects more personal.
If anything, the pirate bay has made 3D-printing more mainstream. Which I think is a nice job.
