"NPR had an article about this a few months ago. According to them, 92% of girls between 9 and 17 use nail products. So the market's there. I get that.Billing this as a way to get girls interested in STEM is misguided, though. Seems like that was just tacked on to make a social good product, since that's the buzz nowadays. Maybe I'm being too critical. "After all, a lot of boys get drawn to technology by playing shoot 'em up video games, and Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook on top of a site he had originally set up to rate who was hot and who was not on the Harvard campus."Be that as it may, I'm much more partial to toys like Roominate, which is genuine attempt at getting girls interested in STEM.Here's the link to the NPR article: http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2015/11/08/453290268/could-a-nail-art-printer-be-girls-gateway-to-the-tech-world"
"It's good for people that go to trade shows and fairs. My wife and I have been looking at these, since the set-up and teardown looks effortless. She got the recommendation from someone else who sells at fairs."
"You could say that, but that would be a pretty big stretch. It's not like the device can readily carve out a relief out of block of wood.Machines like these have been called laser cutters for years. Not necessarily a huge deal. I just find it condescending to call a 3D printer since laser cutters are a completely different beast."
"If I had the money, I'd totally buy one. Especially with the ability to just draw on something and have it engraved right away because not everyone can take the time to learn Adobe software.But why do they need to market it as a 3D (laser) printer? Is the general consumer really that clueless about this kind of stuff?"