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July 31, 2013 07:02 pm PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/Ds1zE-oPNvQ/story01.htm
Household 3D printers pay for themselves in shortorder
Life-cycle economic analysis of distributed manufacturing with open-source 3-D printers (paywall link), a new paper published in Mechatronics, examines the cost of common household objects and calculates the projected return-on-investment for a household that buys a 3D printer and makes their own everyday objects, using open design files from sites like Thingiverse, rather than buying them in shops.Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/Ds1zE-oPNvQ/story01.htm
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