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1. I think the positive things in the 3D printer will be that now we can have everything we like easier. The drawbacks will be that Many people will be without a job because their job as a seller soul de be over.
2. Don't be naive guys.. Even if it is that perfect.. It will be used for military or national security.. Then only after WW3 is over.. Then it will be release to public.. Just like GPS technology..
3. AMAZING!!!!!!!
4. It will be funny if u can make ebola with a 3rd printer I know you can't but I would be cool 
5. For those saying that 3D printers will ruin the global economy:
   
   The money saved by not needing to buy such products anymore will be spent on OTHER things such as services and entertainment, creating jobs in other markets. Also, almost everything will be much cheaper so people wont need as much money and work to trade for goods.
   
   The result will be freeing the human race of pointless work such as working in industries and allow us to pursue higher goals, such as arts, science, entertainment and spiritual development.
6. will 3D printing clean the plastic junk all in the oceans and landscapes? will it stop massive oil spills on the seas? protect indigenous people and minorities' rights and protect endangered species? will it make more schools and hospitals in shanty towns all over the world? will it make a world with less guns and less wars? stop corporations controlling civil rights and economy?  ...so the answer is NO, 3D printing will not change the world!
7. As a person who works with a variety of 3D printer models and teaches CAD I can tell you that it isn't as big of a deal as you might think. The parts are limited by material, size, and strength. Yeah you could print a new towel hook, but do you want to hang that in your home next to your carefully purchased furnishings?  Do you want to spend 8 hours printing something only to have it fail when you could of just gone to the store and bought a strong, injection molded part? The majority of things people are making is plastic junk that will end up in the landfill. It will never replace CNC and computer automated manufacturing. The people in this video are selling 3D printing because it is their business, not because they are experts. For example; I owned a Solidoodle 4 which is the biggest steaming turd available on the market, and here is their owner talking up 3D printing. PBS, you need to watch who you are hanging out with, that man is selling straight up snake oil. I don't know how they aren't bankrupt yet. If you are going to get a printer, get an Up Plus/Afinia, 3D systems, or an Ultimaker.
8. 3D printing cannot address mass reproductions.
   China is still the cheaper way to get your products and china has been and continues to provide basically all the things needed by the world. Of course, not everything.
   
   This video should have been more fair to mention what the limit of 3D printing is.
   The Stroller part that was mentioned that was printed will not be strong if using plastic filaments even if nylon is used .
   
   Clearly, there is a sensationalization effort, if you will, in promoting 3D printing.
   Are the manufacturers by any chance involved in this sensationalizing?
   It reminds me of Sales advertisements and Rhetorics by politicians.
9. You can print many things but not everything.
   Also , the thing you printed is not the Real thing.
   Its a plastic image of the real thing in 3D.
   
   So, its intellectual dishonesty to say that 3D printing can print anything.
   
   Also, its not strong especially those made of plastic.
   
   So, in reality, 3D printing today has many limits eg. Size, filament cost,  strength, imperfect finishing, limited colors , just to name a few.
   
   Clearly, there is a force behind this movement that is sensationalizing the 3D printing capability.
   
   I support 3D printing.
   
   Its best for prototyping only.
10. I doubt that you can print the Barrier Reef back to health. How about addressing the cause? Maybe it's consumerism? 
11. Heh, funny how they show a FDM printer printing and then a model printed by a SLS printer, which has a far more superior quality.
12. Not sure if someone already brought this up, but what will happen to economies like China, Indonesia and other countries that rely heavily on manufacturing the worlds goods, when the world no longer requires their cheap labor?
13. This has/ will change the world but understand that we have all now been replaced and deemed obsolete. This will create jobs but it will destroy at a rate a thousand times faster. Get ready for a global depression. Think of all the speciality jobs now obsolete. Architecture, modelling, the list is endless. We are now truly primitive. A government that can 3d print drones. A car company that can 3d print cars and prototypes. A wall mart with no stock and only printers. A cake shope with only 3d printers. This will accelerate us into the future but war and civil uprising will follow
14. 3D printing is good for product development, replacement parts and specific applications such as medical or one off manufacturing (e.g. coral reefs, a sculptural structural element). No, even once perfected we're not all going to run out and get 3D printers. For the same reason we all don't run out and grow tomato plants on our porches or back yards.
    
    How many yoda heads or plastic coffee mugs can one family possibly need? 
    
    Make anything you want? Who has the time to design anything today? There's a reason we pay other people to do stuff. Because I for one would rather spend time with my family or friends in lieu of designing a 3D printed couch, Volkswagen, or tampon. I'm an designer, artist and environmentalist; trust me, most of what you're seeing and reading about 3D printing in everyone's home is pure hype. Think about it. Technology won't solve the social ills of consumerism.
    
    The hype of 3D printing is so ridiculous it borders on the absurd. The tech community is selling the masses on a silver bullet to solve all our social ills. Ironically using consumerism to foster more consumerism to the detriment of that very society. 
15. lego and other toy manf. are going to get wrecked
16. When color inkjet/laser first introduce. Everyone think that photo printing will be the trend. Ask yourself how many color print and photo print you produced last month. Chances are you have less photo printed that the good old day photo developed. High end 3D printing is good for product development and R&D. All other 3D printings are good for producing "toys" and "kill time". Anything to do with electrical or electronic, you can forget about 3D printing. Then all other mechanical stuff are integration of the shape and the material property. A resin pen has totally different value compare to a gold plated pen. A solid wood stool will feel different than a plastic stool. People will prefer to drink from a ceramic mug than a plastic mug.... Most of the time, the material of the "stuff" are more important than the shape of the "stuff".
    
    With more and more intelligent cooking appliances in average household, restaurants and fast food chains will slowly disappear. We know that is not true. Think about it, all the food you eat out can be cooked in your own kitchen with the right ingredients, recipe and equipment. So why people still eat out, especially rich people who can have the best kitchen equipment, ingredients, and even have their own chiefs? Can you imagine in the future, with the all powerful 3D printing equipment, rich people will stay at their own mansion and have their own technical team to product everything they need or want in house? Yes, 3D printing will change some aspect of our life, but no where close to what electricity, PC and mobile did.
17. I love this subject! As well as 3D scanning.
18. This is going to change the world..... Human life spans could increase with it printing organs.  Can you imagine 30 or 50 years from now people living to be 200 just by making new and younger organs, bones, skin, eyes...... O_O  This is the future
19. In the future, the people (us) will create develop and distribute.
    
    So that means no more corporate companies dictate how the products are being processed etc.
20. Buy a 3D printer. Print a 3D printer. Sell 3D printer.