This is Polaroid’s impressive new consumer-friendly 3D printer
3D printers are everywhere at CES, but Polaroid’s foray into the market was particularly interesting. As such, I swung by to catch a demo of its very Polaroid-y looking ModelSmart 250s 3D printer. The printer is designed to be simpler for consumers to operate. As opposed to popular competitors like Makerbot, which feature hundreds of settings to fine-tune prints that must be adjust for every new item, Polaroid’s entry only has ten. Instead of forcing the consumer to make complex changes as they switch from item to item, the machine handles many necessary adjustments itself. For example, if you want to switch to…
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