3D printing may change the world in the future, but many ask what the “killer app” is today?

Sculpteo, a 3D printing marketplace, is making a push into 3D printed parts, specifically adapters and spares.

Take, for example, this customizable iPhone 5 dock adapter, compatible with a many sound systems, including:

• BOSE SoundDock 10V2
• INVOXIA NVX-610
• Geneva Modèle Geneva Xs/M/L/XL
• Harman-Kardon MS 150
• Beat Beatbox portable
• JBL On stage mirco III
• JBL Radial micro
• ONKYO iOnly play ABX-100
• JBL On time micro III
• SONY ICF.DS15 IP Silver
• LOGITECH Pure-Fi Express plus
• I HOME IP 15 Translucide
• BLUESTORK AC200
• DENON CEOL N-7
• PIONEER X-HM 71-S Silver
• YAMAHA TSX-112
• PIONEER X-HM20 Silver
• YAMAHA MCR-550 Silver
• YAMAHA MCR-332 Piano
• YAMAHA MCR-232
• PIONEER X-CM31-W
• YAMAHA MCR-040
• JVC UX-LP55
• PANASONIC SC-HC 37 EF
• I HOME IP 41

In an interview with TechCrunch, Sculpteo founder Clement Moreau said, “This story and this adapter is opening a new field of 3D printed spare parts for a lot of different devices. Battery covers, clips, docks, handles … a lot of things can be lost, or become unusable because some other device changed or has been updated. We really see 3D Printing here as a way to work smoothly in a moving environment, where big companies have really good reasons to change standards from time to time.”