Shapeways 3D Printing Year in Review 2013

[Larry]

Today Shapeways released some cool graphics as well as some stats on their network, title 2013 3D Printing Year in review. Here are a few of the key states:

• 50+% Of Shapeways shop owners are self taught 3D Printing Whizs
• 100% Year Over Year Growth in # of Product Creators
• 13,500 different Shapeways Shop, which is 75% growth over 2012
• 84% of Shop Creators hope to one day make Shapeways their main stream of Income
• The Top Countries Represented on Shapeways are: U.S. Netherlands, U.K. Germany, Switzerland, and Canada
• There are over 40 materials and finishes available to use with 3D Printers
• Prices of Products 3D Printed are dropping Substantially. iPhone Case in 2008 = $70, 2013 = $20

Here is one of the graphics:



In addition to this, Designboom.com also released a list of the top 10 biggest 3D Printing news stories of the year. Pretty interesting read!:
http://www.designboom.com/technology...13-12-20-2013/