Here’s an interesting slideshow of prosthetics made via 3D printing. It seems to me the greatest potential for this technology is not in fully customized production but in scale. In other words, once you’ve made one of anything the cost of making the next one, even given some level of customization, should be considerably less.
That’s interesting. I haven’t researched it, but it seems like a lot of leading edge technology is developed by the porn industry. I wonder if 3D printing of “parts” is any different.