Major Patent expired yesterday - SLS (Metal Printing)
One of the central patents controlling a specific type of 3D Printer technology has expired yesterday.
This is the news the 3D printing community has been waiting for.
This could be the start of a second wave of the 3D printing craze.
Selective Sintering Patent has expired - This means Metal Printing could one day become possible for the masses.
SLS machines use a high-powered laser to fuse small particles of material together.
One day we might see a RepRap printing metal (other than solder).
Patent Info: https://www.google.com/patents/US5597589
Time to go buy some high powered lasers!