Scientific American: Live Chat Weds. 12:30 P.M. EST on What Good Is a Home 3D Printer?

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Scientific American: Live Chat Weds. 12:30 P.M. EST on What Good Is a Home 3D Printer?

Earlier this week, MAKE published its Ultimate Guide to 3D Printing, which explains what 3D printing is and what you can do with a 3D printer. The heart of this special issue is a side-by-side review of 15 different low-cost 3D printers.

Tomorrow I’m participating in a live chat with the editors of Scientific American about 3D printing. Here are the details:

A live 30-minute online chat will begin at 12:30 P.M. Eastern on Wednesday, November 28 with editor and tech maven Mark Frauenfelder of boing boing and MAKE magazine, who will discuss what you might do with a 3D printer, a machine that can copy the specs from a digital computer file to fabricate a solid object layer by layer.

Frauenfelder will answer questions about whether 3D printers will become a revolutionary new technology like the personal computer or smart phone, or remain a toy for hobbyists. Will a 3D printer ever be able to function as a digital hardware store, printing out new parts as needed? An alternative scenario: It might just spit out cheap plastic tchotchkes. The theme of this chat was inspired by a skeptical blog post by Scientific American senior editor Gary Stix, which drew several contrary reader responses. We invite you to post chat questions in advance below.

Live Chat Weds. 12:30 P.M. EST on What Good Is a Home 3D Printer?

4 thoughts on “Scientific American: Live Chat Weds. 12:30 P.M. EST on What Good Is a Home 3D Printer?

  1. walt scrivens says:

    A link to join the chat would be nice…. (The link above just took me to Scientific American’s announcement page, which also ahd no link to the actual chat.)

  2. Christopher Favreau says:

    Posting an article about an article about having a chat. No link to the chat? Where is it? I cannot find it. I want to watch it live please.

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Mark Frauenfelder is the founding Editor-in-Chief of Make: magazine, and the founder of the popular Boing Boing blog.

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