ToolGuyd: At the end of July, The UPS Store announced a new trial program where it would offer 3D printing services in-store. Such services will be available to students, start-ups, businesses, and retail customers in San Diego and Washington D.C.
Okay, so it’s only a limited start, but it’s a sign of what’s to come.
2 comments:
Its becoming an easy market to get those more complex things anywhere and faster. Its really all about convenience nowadays. What could we get thats new, easy, and wanted? The consultation service is definitely a big plus, and it also seems it would open up a new level of job. To 3D print you have to know how to use the software, depending on what people do, and make it actually come to a reality from the design. I would think that a higher level of training would be needed to get 3D printing up at stores. Maker fairs and other things might start to grow, and people may take advantage of more technology as inventors without having to break their wallets. It could mean an increase in the individual person instead of commercial groups!
3D printers are a logical addition to the services offered by UPS. More and more these types of technologies are being integrated into every day life. It is interesting to speculate about the future of the programs which are used for 3D modeling, as a result of disruptive innovation of this nature in the UPS model. The balance between incentives to create more inaccessible software for professionals or easy to use but more simplistic software for general consumption should be unbalanced by the wider availability of 3D printers.
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