“We're
really excited [about] the amount of buzz The Micro has created, and we want to
assure you we are hunkering down and focusing on delivering back rewards for
the next several months”
M3D Micro 3D Printer
commenting on the record level of funding for their US$300 M3D Micro 3D Printer
These
days HP (Hewlett Packard), the once and former great Printer Baron, is now
known as a dabbler in Google.
But
now it seems they may have to start looking back at Printers, specifically 3D Printers
based on the meteoric rise of the Kickstarter success story, the US$300 M3D
Micro 3D Printer as described in “$300 Micro 3D
Printer Earns Big on Kickstarter”, published APRIL 7, 2014 12:13PM EST BY
STEPHANIE MLOT, PcMag and “A
$200 3D printer? Meet the Micro”, published April 7, 2014 11:25 AM PDT, by
Amanda Kooser, CNET News,
The
details can be found on their M3D
Micro 3D Printer Kickstarter page an it makes quite an interesting read and
details on specs, if you interested in that sort of thing. My eyes are firmly
fixed on the price, which if it holds, then by March 2015 just about anyone can
buy a 3D Printer!
Interestingly,
the Makerbot Replicator, which had made its debut some two (2) years prior at
CES (Computer Electronics Show) 2012 as stated in my blog article
entitled “MakerBot 3D Replicator Printer debuts
at CES 2012 - Evanescence Brings Star Trek to Life” is still priced like a
product for early-adopters at US$1,375, thus making the US$300 M3D Micro 3D Printer
truly the 3D Printer for the Masses.
In
less than 24 hours after their Kickstarter campaign went live on Monday April 7th
2014, the Team of 6’s US$50,000 goal has been obliterated with a mark of
US$$330,000 from 1,300 backers.
By
Tuesday April 8th, they’d hit settling at US$1 million as stated in
“The
Micro 3D printer tops $1M on Kickstarter in one day”, published April 8,
2014 8:43 PM PDT by Dara Kerr, CNET News. By
Thursday April 10th 2014, they’d hit US$2.3 million ponied up by
8,000 backers as stated in “Micro 3D Printer
tops $2M on Kickstarter”, published APRIL 11, 2014 12:05PM EST BY STEPHANIE
MLOT, PCMag.
Phenomenal
support that surprised even the Maryland-based company, quote: “We're really
excited [about] the amount of buzz The Micro has created, and we want to assure
you we are hunkering down and focusing on delivering back rewards for the next
several months”.
Excited
indeed, as with their Kickstarter Project closing on Wednesday May 17th
2014, they’ve got more than enough money to fulfill their backers, now shooting
past 8000 and Growing Strong.
M3D Micro 3D Printer
for the Masses – HP may rise to challenge this Usurper to the Iron Printing
Throne
So
where HP (Hewlett-Packard) in all of this?
With
this much buzz about a US$300 Printer when Laser Inkjet Printers are available
for as little as US$45, the Buzz may attract the wary eye of HP, as this might
provide for them an opportunity to get back into the Printing game that the
Apple iPad killed as pointed out in my Geezam
blog article entitled “How
the Apple iPad killed Ultrabooks, Printing and the Mouse as the World
Rediscovers Tablets”.
HP
has put out a very Chrome OS having put out a very promising line of Google
Chromebooks, starting with the US$279 HP
Chromebook 11 as described in my blog article
entitled “US$279
HP Chromebook 11 with stylings mimicking the Google Chromebook Pixel - Low-end
Laptop with high-end specs and sub-US$300 pricing is a great Christmas present
for Millennials” and my Geezam blog
article entitled “US$279 HP
Chromebook 11 is a great Christmas present for Millennials”.
It’s
thus not inconceivable that a big Printer maker like HP won’t eventually answer
this challenge with a low-end 3D Printer of their own, bread-and-butter for the
masses, as the challenge that the US$300 M3D Micro 3D Printer poses is very 3D
Real. Until then, the faithful 8000+ backers await the morning of Wednesday May
17th 2014, when their support gets a final tally.
Rest
assured, it’s going to be one of the greatest Kickstarter campaigns of all
time. Here’s the link:
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