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3D Printers for Kids

posted by mattie_p on Monday February 17 2014, @12:55PM   Printer-friendly
from the my-little-printer dept.

similar_name writes: "The prospect of children printing their own Transformers and My Little Pony toys is a step closer, after toy firm Hasbro revealed a partnership with 3D printing company 3D Systems. The two companies are working together to 'co-develop and commercialize innovative play printers and platforms later this year.'"

[Ed. Note] The first one I would print is Applejack.

 
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 19 2014, @03:27AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 19 2014, @03:27AM (#2204)

    "The idea of children playing with computers is pretty neat but... Current computing is quite expensive and I think it would be too expensive to have them just fool around with a computer. There are cheaper ways to let the children be creative ATM."

    Wow. I'm really glad no one said that 30 years ago when I started hanging out at the local college computer center!