9 gifts IT needed but didn't get in 2016

Despite some significant arrivals, 2016 also failed to deliver some long-awaited technologies. And some of what we eagerly ripped the wrapping paper off proved to be a letdown. Here's a rundown of the gifts IT didn't get in 2016. If you want to print out a stand for your phone or a model for a new product, you can easily find a 3D printer for the office that can do that -- as long as you want to print them out in plastic. You can spend more and get a 3D printer that can UV cure resin and make small objects like custom-fit earplugs in about 10 minutes (I watched my ACS Custom in-ear monitor headphones get printed from digital scans of my ear canals earlier this year). Even HP's $140,000 Multi Jet Fusion printers -- promised for this year and offering multi-color printing -- only just went on sale, and they still only print nylon.