Staples Easy 3D will launch in the Netherlands and Belgium
This partly because Mcor, the printer manufacturer, is European, but I suspect also because there's more demand in Europe thanks to the ubiquity of fast cheap broadband. It disturbs me that the US is falling behind in the digital infrastructure stakes.
I wouldn't read much into it. When HP started selling Stratasys 3-D printers it got the same reaction as this. They were also only sold in a couple European countries. It had nothing to do with broadband and everything to do with a VP from Europe thinking it would be a good idea. The experiment fizzled out after poor results.
This partly because Mcor, the printer manufacturer, is European, but I suspect also because there's more demand in Europe thanks to the ubiquity of fast cheap broadband. It disturbs me that the US is falling behind in the digital infrastructure stakes.