The world didn't end this week, so we'll enter a brand new year in just a few short days.
And there are some things I'd like to see happen in 2013.
Let's make it a productive, interesting year for tech.
I want mobile payments to become more mainstream
It's time to start leaving wallets at home. Starbucks' in-store payment implementation is a pretty solid indicator that it's completely feasible to pay for things without a credit card, regardless of if your smartphone is equipped with NFC or not.
I want to see an Apple television set
In true Apple fashion, all the rumors and speculation have everyone whipped up into a near-religious fervor.
"What do we want?" The Apple television!
"When do we want it?" Yesterday!
Count me among the people who'd like to see it sooner than later, even though analyst reports suggest we won't see it until 2014.
I want to get out of the "dot matrix" era of home 3D printing
Hobbyist 3D printers almost always rely on melting plastic and laying it down layer by layer in a process called extrusion. Plastic extrusion will get you pretty far, but for fine detail work or printing without seams, it leaves a lot to be desired.
The future of 3D printing at home seems to be stereolithography, where lasers shape liquid resin without heat, a technology currently in use with the Form 1 printer.
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