3D Printing for the People

Alder Riley ran 3D printing kiosks in his hometown and then a Bay Area mall; now he's building 3D printing microfactories for schools that also do plastics recycling.

This interview is an expanded version of the article that appeared in Make: V96.

I really enjoyed talking to Alder Riley about his journey, not just from Vermont to California, but his journey as an entrepreneur where he kept trying to find the best way to make 3D printing available to more people. I first met him when he showed up in our San Francisco o…