Would you spend $1000 for a 3D scanner printer add-on that works reliably?

[Feign]

Well, this sounds like you have an idea and you want to know if it's patentable or not.

From the very vague details you've provided, it sounds like the Blacksmith Genesis beat you to the punch (well, beat you to the Indiegogo start, they obviously haven't delivered yet) by about a eight months.
Though if you can get under $1000 then you'd beat them on price. They claim to have patents however, so you might be out of luck.

[robosmith]

Well, this sounds like you have an idea and you want to know if it's patentable or not.

Not really about patents; more about whether there's a market for a more expensive scanner that works better.

From the very vague details you've provided, it sounds like the Blacksmith Genesis beat you to the punch (well, beat you to the Indiegogo start, they obviously haven't delivered yet) by about a eight months.

Except their scanner looks just like a Makerbot digitizer inside a printer.

Though if you can get under $1000 then you'd beat them on price. They claim to have patents however, so you might be out of luck.

Looks like theirs is a different technology.