3D Printing of Gears
Jon Hylands has decided that he prefers 3D printed gears to machined ones for his really cool BrainBot project which seems to be moving along nicely. The company that did his gears, Xardas 3D Printing Service has a very compelling statement on their site:
Hold ideas in your hand
That’s right up there with See What You Mean - gotta love it!

August 19th, 2007 at 11:40 pm
[...] will be significantly transformed by the emerging paradigm. How will this happen? Services such as Xardas and Ponoko are starting to give people the very powerful experience of “holding ideas in [...]