What if a 3D Printer could replicate itself every 24 hours?

The holy grail of 3D Printing is of course to 3D Print a new 3D Printer so that you have two. But if we continue this multiplication, and let the 2 new printers print 2 more… and the 4 print 4 more and so on.

How long would it take before everyone on earth had a 3D printer? That’s what I wanted to explore here. Click the image to see the video on YouTube.