Maker Todd Blatt plans to take 3D printing even more 21st century with the help of Google Glass. But his fascination with 3D manufacturing started long before wearable technology made Robert Scoble anathema to the BBC’s Jeremy Paxman.
In an interview with CityBizList, Blatt references “Star Wars” video games, and a computer-aided-design program that allowed people to create 3D models to use with the games, as piquing his interest in 3D printing.
As for 3D printing’s potential impact on Baltimore and its startup scene, Blatt says that students should be getting a good dose of 3D printing as early as middle school, and that more startup founders, particularly those with engineering backgrounds, should embrace hardware as eagerly as they do software.
“Hardware is hard but not like it used to be,” Blatt told CityBizList. Amen, brother. That’s probably the same thing the Baltimore Foundery would say.
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