Nathan Myhrvold’s Cunning Plan to Prevent 3-D Printer Piracy Antonio Regalado, technologyreview.com Repli­ca­tor: Maker­Bot’s new 3-D print­er retails for $2,199 at a SoHo store.Some­time in the none-too-distant future, replac­ing your favorite cof­fee mug or cre­at­ing a new iPhone case might be as sim­ple as down­load­ing a design yo… Interesting thoughts - a Napster moment for things - but will it occur or will the copying just swisch by any attempts of protecting objects from being duplicated?? Well, Nathan Myhrvold might be in the middle of it with this patent…

Nathan Myhrvold’s Cunning Plan to Prevent 3-D Printer Piracy
Antonio Regalado, technologyreview.com

Repli­ca­tor: Maker­Bot’s new 3-D print­er retails for $2,199 at a SoHo store.

Some­time in the none-too-distant future, replac­ing your favorite cof­fee mug or cre­at­ing a new iPhone case might be as sim­ple as down­load­ing a design yo…

Interesting thoughts - a Napster moment for things - but will it occur or will the copying just swisch by any attempts of protecting objects from being duplicated?? Well, Nathan Myhrvold might be in the middle of it with this patent…

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