Of adaptations. We took a wall and started writing all over the Different Things on the wall we thought drones were going to be used for. We came up with a lot of the common commercial ones we talked about here. Then we also kind of had a section of the wall where we wanted to come up with some of the things that we hoped and we wanted to see drones really used for. And aerial delivery of medicines. And those are two examples that we have been involved in since. Any other one of the interesting requests we got early days, walmart found us and they asked us if this is something they publicly talk about. They do, they use satellite imagery to figure out how many people go to the stores. But they want to take a step further and find out how many people go to the stores based on their commercials on tv. So being able to map that and correlate that based on i did this ad campaign and 30 people showed up at the store. Globally and regionally, its huge. All the manufacturing plants in china w
Doesnt help people at the bottom. We have the second Fastest Growing and most of those jobs are flat out on the bottom. People are trapped with no way up and no way out. No one can live on the minimum wage. You try to take care of a family and it is impossible to do. If we care about each other and the future, we will pay people in this state a wage that allows them to take care of themselves and their families. Governor, thank you. Representative richardson, i want to ask a quick clarification on that question. In 2015, ts minimum wage will be 9. 25 an hour. You talked about that being an entry level wage. Do dwrou think it should be higher or stay the same in 2015 . I think minimum wage should probably stay with the same program that we have now because it is indexed. We need to not focus on minimum wage but focus on people and that takes a vibrant economy. Our unemployment has been higher than the National Average for 18 years. Cspans student cam competition is underway. This nation
Manufacturing a new Competitive Edge in this global economy. The best thing washington can do is to encourage further growth in investment. As president obama noted in his recent speech touting 3d printing hubs, if you want to attract more good manufacturing jobs, you need to be on the cutting edge. Our company could not agree more. Id like to thank the committee for holding this hearing and id be happy to answer any questions you might have. Thank you, mr. Cobb. Our next witness is Peter Weijmarshausen founder and ceo of shapeaways, the worlds leading 3d printing marketplace and community. Prior to shapeaways, peter was the chief Technology Officer at sanjen which he and his team developed satellite broadcast modems. Hes director of engineering at ermiska where hes responsible for delivering a Business Broadband Service via satellite. He was born and raised in the netherland and moved to new york in 2010. Thanks for being here. Good afternoon, mr. Chairman and members of the committee
He was born and raised in the netherlands and moved to new york in 2010. Thanks for being here. Good afternoon, mr. Chairman and members of the committee. Im peter weijmarshausen. Im ceo and founder of shapeways. Im honored to be here today to discuss how 3d printing is fueling Small Business growth enabling anyone to create a business with fiscal products at low capital cost. As a kid in the netherlands, i loved playing with computers resulting in a passion for open Source Software. Driven by this and my entrepreneurial spirit, i spent much of my career at Startup Software companies. One was blender, the First Company to publish a free 3d software. This turned out to be important. In 2006 i learned about the technology called 3d printing which prints physical objects based on 3d computer designs. I immediately thought of the blender community. A large group of enthusiasts. They were using 3d software but never imagined it would be possible to hold their own designs in their hands. I a
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