One of Japan's largest smartphone carriers, KDDI has just announced the launch of a 3D printed smartphone case design tool. Any users on the carier in Japan can login and immediately begin creating a customized smartphone case for a variety of different phone models. Priced around $34 to have these cases printed and shipped, this seems like a pretty good idea. There are already 80 pre-made designs which can be customized using the tool in a matter of minutes. More details on KDDI's plans for all of this can be found here: http://3dprint.com/40101/kddi-3d-print-phone-case/

Let us know if you have tried using this tool, and better yet ordered one of these cases. For those of us not residing in Japan we just have to wait for our own carriers to adopt such a tool. Below is a look at some of the cases that can be created: