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> Is this the killer app for home 3D printing? Printing plastic spoons? The same spoons you can buy mass-produced in packs of fifty for eighty cents or something?

Sunday afternoon: I am tidying up the house. I could use six or so small boxes to store neatly some loose parts. I would have printed those boxes if I had a 3D printer.

Sunday afternoon: I need to print my flight ticket. I could wait tomorrow morning, go in a copy shop and print it. 4 cents. I will print it right now with my inkjet printer and forget about it.

My nephews are visiting me and one of them likes my keychain. I would print a copy for him if I had a 3D printer.

My nephews are visiting me and one of them likes one of my photos that hang in the dining room. I could wait until tomorrow, go to the photo shop and print one for him. 1 euro. I will print it right now with my inkjet printer and git it to him right away.

I think "I can print it right away" is a killer app on its own.



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