with 3d printer technology, thomas edisonwould have been able to create the light bulb with fewer tries.now inventions in your head or even on a piece of paper can be quickly transformed into aplastic prototype. >> >>: our graphic designer will take thatidea off of the paper and make it a file which this machine can then print.they get their device they can go find funding
3d printing in san diego, or go into production and debegin to sellthis to us. >> >>dwane brown: brook jones is the ownerof it the ups store in clairemont, it's the first store in the us to offer 3d printingto customers. the cost can vary from 35dollars to 5 our600 for a life size femur model.
>> >>: it depends how much support mu materialand plastic it uses. >> >>dwane brown: the 3d printer is not muchlarger than a microwave oven, but ups stores are betting it does big things to create morebusinesses. tracey marks says the san diego company isexpanding the service into five other cities nationwide.>> >>: san diego has a lot of small businesses, it's a huge market for tech, there's a lotof techies everywhere, they have so many ideas.
who knows we might have the next millionairewaiting to happen, getting their idea out out there.>> >>dwane brown: at nearly 21,000dollars, the 3d printers aren't the kind you'd purchasefor home use, so providing desert this service
to customers is a big step toward making itavailable to all consumers.
