3D Printing Reaching New Heights

3D printing is the new kid on the block at the consumer level and it is not going away. One of the new innovations in 3D printing is that the printers are getting smaller. The Micro by M3D is 4.5 inch cube that can uses PLA to print things that are nearly as big as itself. It will be available for sale this summer for $350. If you have one of these printers, you have the ability to take a concept to something that can be put on sale in less than a day. You can also experiment with materials. The type of printer is also evolving. Instead of squeezing out plastic, resin printers use light to turn a photosensitive liquid into a solid, one layer at a time, and with layers at least five times smaller than with FDM, at 0.02 mm. That’s fine enough to make tiny figurines. While we are talking about making tiny figurines, there is a company that sells a whole body scanner so that you can have your very own mini me. I am sure that eventually it will get to the level of mobile applications. Just take a picture and then print your action figure out.