mehan jayasuriya

I’m very proud to have attended (and in a very small way, helped organize) yesterday’s 3D/DC event here in Washington. Hard to believe but this was indeed the first-ever conference on 3D printing/personal manufacturing. It’s mind-boggling to imagine where this technology will be in 10 years time and the number of industries it will revolutionize and obviate along the way. Someone made the comment that this was the equivalent of being at one of those storied personal computing hobbyist meetings in the late ’70s and I think that’s about right—we will probably look back one day and marvel at the fact that all of 3D printing’s early pioneers were once in the same room together. (Above: a short video I shot of the much-loved Makerbot in action.)