'Makerbot will sell more than 10,000 3D printers in 2011.' —Joris Peels

Created by gwern on 2011-01-16; known on 2012-01-01

• gwern estimated 50% on 2011-01-16
• gwern changed their prediction from “'Makerbot will sell more than 10,000 3D printers in 2011. '” on 2011-01-16
• gwern estimated 40% and said “http://techcrunch.com/2010/12/31/3d-printing-prediction/” on 2011-01-16
• gwern said “http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/blogs/gear-up/makerbots-thing-o-matic-3d-printers-turn-ideas-into-reality-20111101 claims total 6,000 sales as of june 2011. doesn’t look good but exponential growth could put them over 10k 2011 sales…” on 2012-01-02
• gwern said “can’t find any updated statistics; withdrawing” on 2012-08-28
• gwern withdrew the prediction on 2012-08-28