I don't see the purpose of this, they way our eyes are placed - we're supposed to look around ourselves (landscape aspect), this will only put more strain on the eyes as we'll have to look up and down constantly. I suppose it will have its own place in eg. the design industry where I certainly can see it as useful, but I can pretty much promise you that screen will never become adopted by the mainstream public.

In fact, I'm a bit surprised that Philips Ultra Wide monitors didn't catch on as they're even better for our eyes than the 16:9, I'm guessing it's the price tag that scares people away as usual, but for movies...the Ultra Wide is the best option since even today....the movies at the theatre are much wider and when you get it on a DVD or Blu-Ray/streaming etc... it's still 16:9 and thus have been cropped for our viewing pleasures, which is a pity...because you lose some of the original artwork in the movies.

I'm going to put on my tinfoil hat here.

When the big boys don't get to play with the toys of the other big boys, then it's time for the boys to become men and show some muscles. This is all a dance, play with us (aka give us access to that wonderful database that knows everything about every individual out there) and we'll leave you alone.

...at least in Scandinavia.

I often drool over the prices in China, cheap CHEAP and functional solar panels I could have gotten for pittens. But the taxes are so high that it evens out the score. Which is kind of strange since the government is subsidizing solar power anyway, but it's all lost on the import tax alone.

...pounds for the full game with updates.

I loved the Elite Frontier game, I spent SO many hours of my youth on chasing pirates, mail service for the military, mining asteroids, smuggling goods, trading and looking for interesting ads at their version of the "internet", that game was SO ahead of its time.

But I refuse to pay 99 pounds for ANY game, even if it's the super-duper-full-updates-for-life-mega-peta-giga-edition of the century. Glad I didn't plunge into the investment. Dodged a bullet there...

LOL, I bet. Every time I visit the U.S. though, my friends over there tell me to move to Mexico and come in that way. ;)

Not arguing against that, if you're referring to Monet masterpieces and its likes, but not the art any monkey could have done.

At least to me, that's art!

As bedazzling and cool that is however, very few takes us electronic artists seriously. I have been exhibiting my art (I've done that stuff for years too, just like Maker-Joe), except...I have my own variation where every gadget must "live forever" and be alive somehow. People think it's cute, the kids love it - but the "elite", you know...those people "who-understands-art"...or at least THINK they do, are the ones that deems all of that for amateurish gibberish if you haven't attended some well known famous art-academy.

It's like those people who can pay millions for a white canvas with some red paint splattered onto it, something that took the "artist" 1 minute to do. And the "Elitist" will see and read just about anything into the "could-have-been-done-by-a-3-year-old" works of "art", and the poor misunderstood artist can live a lavish life on the emperors new clothes, and his kids too.

Do I sound like a bitter failed artist to you? Not even close, the thing is...just like Maker-Joe...and thousands of fellow makers all over the world, I'm just having fun when I make these things. It's what makes me tick, and makes me want to wake up in the morning, dirt poor perhaps...but at least we have fun!

That was the last straw for UK on my part.

I'm a peaceful citizen, the closest thing I'll ever get to battle with someone is when my neighbors dog takes a dump on my lawn.

But I am seriously tired of the ongoing acceptance of total censorship everywhere, and since I'm pretty much independent and a free spirit, I can move basically anywhere in the world I want to go. UK has long been on my list since it's not that easy to get a Green Card in the U.S. But it's fairly populated, speaks English natively...and I thought the business would be good over there. BUT at what cost, my freedom? No way, sir!

Who determines what terrorism really is? Having the wrong opinion? Disagreeing with the governments decisions? Having the wrong sexual preference? Watching illegal cartoons? Using Linux and reading the Linux Journal (according to the latest from the NSA...those people are potential terrorists).

I refuse to live in a country that suppresses its citizens, and with citizens so stupid they'll take anything they can get, laying down - butt up!

he and other people he knows who were making prototypes and short-run parts in the Atlanta area were continually disappointed by the poor reliability of available 3-D printers, which is why they decided to make their own.

This is exactly why I've waited years to purchase a 3D printer even though I really want one.
I'm going to wait another 5 years before the prices are right, and the usability is where it should be.

...when someone smells money in the idealistic work of others, it's time to beware!

Considering all the junkies, meth heads and such in the world...that actually makes sense.

...before the copyright holders come to collect?

Roms are being deleted all the time on the internet, I know...because I've constantly tried to find the original Arcade Pac Man roms, but the copyrights are still in effect as various companies sell retrogames themselves, which they hold the license to.

Yeah, big corporation with pre-programmed family values (how they perceive the world), that's the future of the old Internet.

Will the sheeple comply, I kind of wonder. We let them BF us with NSA, FBI, SAPO, InterPol etc...on the basis of a "safer world", safer from WHO? Us? The users?

I absolutely agree!

This process can't happen fast enough, we need faster 3D printers, cost effective, better materials, more materials, better printing processes, less cleanup needed etc. And someone in here mentioned that the weak point is software...well...he's sort of partially right about that. There is a pretty hefty model-design cleanup on a polygonal level needed to print properly, and you can't just design stuff out of the blue - you must have some knowledge on modelling FOR 3D printing as the legs/arms of. eg. a character needs to be supported properly so it doesn't break etc. Material skills can't be underestimated either.

Btw: Getting people into space changed our lives immensely, we can thank research out on space for nanotechnology, and many materials and innovations that have changed our lives and what we're used to. But sure, I know what you meant.

Anyone smart enough, should work and WORK on this.

The future of 3D printing is so big I can't even begin to mention it so most would understand it, but I'll give it a go:

1) Instant repair parts anywhere in the world on demand.
2) This is the beginning of teleportation!
3) Instant surgical body parts to anywhere in the world on demand.
4) Toys can be bought online, printed almost the same day, you'll pay for the consumables + design.
5) Businesses will be able to personalize your phones/ipads almost instantly.
6) We will build entire houses with this stuff.
7) We will even be able to bring parts to the moon/mars/outer-space without bringing them physically by spaceship.
8) We will even be able to print food, make the textures very similar by scanning eg. meat etc.
9) People! This is the beginning stages of the real replicator you all know from fictional stories as star-trek etc.
10) Insert your own idea / wish here, I can't be the only one.

I will encourage ANY company to do this, small or big. This can only go too slow, if you ever wanted to get in on a revolution in the making, THIS IS IT!