3D Printing - Startup Digest - Piracy, Security and Indoor Air Quality - February 19th - February 26th

3D Printing February 19, 2016 Remember how NAPSTER caused a shit storm in the music industry in 1999?  What do you think will happen to intellectual property when anyone can pirate PHYSICAL OBJECTS?  The 'piratebay' or the 'napster' of physical objects is bound to come online in the future.  Hell, someone is likely already working on it. This is going to be a natural by-product due to the ubiquity of 3D Printers. Whether you agree with it or not, there will come a time when anyone on the planet is able to download and 3D Print anything (yes, this includes weapons).  Are we ready for this from a legislative, legal standpoint? Not even close.  Right now you can 3D Print the master keys to 300 million TSA Locks right in your living room -- all because a journalist made a minor mistake. (see below for link) Something to ponder about. P.S: I love hearing from you. So, please send me questions, comments or hate mail. Hit that reply button. Homie.  Quote of the week: "...When automation frees all workers, we will be able to ask, "What was it I was thinking that fascinated me so, before I was told I had to do something else in order to make a living?.." - Buckminster Fuller, I Seem To Be A Verb (page 188A) 3D Printing Startup Digest is curated by: Dilanka - Growth @ AstroPrint Contact Dilanka at dilanka.wettewa@startupdigestmail.com Set Your Startup Apart with Startup Next, a Techstars Program Get 1:1 mentorship and hone in on your pitch, product-market fit, funding and more. Startup Next is a free 5-week program, with plenty of post program value adds that will put you one step ahead of other startups. Access thousands of mentors, founders, and investors all while preparing for seed funding or applying to an accelerator. Subscribe to find out when Startup Next is accepting applications! 3D Printed TSA Master Keys Leaked from a photograph Bruce Schneier - schneier.com If you weren't aware of this screw up, you are in for a treat. Late last year, The Washington Post accidentally used a picture of the TSA Master Keys in one of their articles and guess what happened? Someone designed 3D Printable replicas of those master keys and released them on the internet. Air quality toxicity and 3D Printing UL - ul.com I am not aware of any official studies done on indoor air quality due to 3D Printing, but knowing that UL and a bunch of universities are focusing on conducting research on that topic is indeed a confidence booster. Last thing I want to do is die from trying to print a bunch of plastic storm troopers. Although, having '3D Printer' for a 'cause of death' does contain some morbid humor. When 3D Printing Goes Wrong Imgur This is exactly how 3D Printing is supposed to NOT look like. What a horrendous scene. The whole scene looks like an amateur cook's poor attempt at modeling lasagna. Yuck. Hey, this is how real life goes sometimes - especially when you have decided to become an early adopter of 3D Printing. Manage Subscription Submit Event View in Browser You are receiving this email because you believe that the best startup articles and videos are made by active members of the startup community. Startup Digest, © 2009-2016 by Techstars Central LLC. All rights reserved. Startup Digest is a registered trademark of Techstars Central, LLC. Privacy Policy.

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