The Future, soon available at your local drug store
"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed." - William Gibson
How long ago was it that you first saw a pack of blank CD’s at your local drug store or super market? 1 For me this was ten years ago. I purchased my first CD burner in 1998 – but it wasn’t until about 2002 that I first saw a blank CD at the corner drug store. Until that time I could only find blank CD’s online or at electronic component stores. But, at some time between 1995, when I first saw a CD burner and 2002, when the media were available off just about any store shelf, the future, to paraphrase William Gibson, started to become evenly distributed.
I wonder how long it will be before I can find plastic filament in the supermarket? 2
- Photo courtesy of indi.ca [↩]
- Aisle 12, sir, between the greeting cards and stationary. [↩]
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4 Comments so far
m.e.
I don’t want to go to Walgreens to buy plastic filament – but why not replace those old tired photo developing machines in drugstores with a touch-screen catalog, a slot for a USB flash stick, and a 3D printer?
MakerBlock
@m.e.: I wouldn’t mind going out to the local store for extra plastic. I already make trips to the hardware store for other bits and pieces, so this would really only be one additional item.
jetguy
How long before we run into the +R and -R plastic issues? Wait, I got the wrong type (3mm VS 1.75 is already happening)!!!!!!
MakerBlock
@jetguy: Hopefully never!!! The ‘net is actually full of terrible stories about the tragedy that has befallen makers using off-brand plastics.