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3D Printing
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Re: 3D Printing
And the most important application will be ... printing chocolate!
See this thread.
See this thread.
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Re: 3D Printing
I first saw a prototype 3D printer in action in 2004, and they have really improved since then. We have a whole display of assorted things that have been printed at work and some of them are unbelievable.
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Re: 3D Printing
.. In the first few, and the last few seconds of the clip come the key ideas.HansV wrote:And the most important application
(1) SciFi teleporting machines
(2) If you lose your tool, just print another one.
So now, on Earth, we scan a complete toolkit, stored digitally.
We rocket a printer (and resin) to the moon.
Then we beam-up tools, on a on-demand basis.
Presumably conductive-resin could build circuitry.
So that, at long last, Martin Gardner's "Gliders" could spring to life on a remote world.
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Re: 3D Printing
One suggestion I saw was to print a basic phone, including all the buttons and all the circuitry. Just add a battery.
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Re: 3D Printing
nah!StuartR wrote: Just add a battery.
Another batch of resin, add 1 tsp salt, then move this thread to the Cooking Forum!
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Re: 3D Printing
No - conductive ink and stuff - already being done...ChrisGreaves wrote:Presumably conductive-resin could build circuitry.
And to recharge it, just Print Solar Cells With an Inkjet PrinterStuartR wrote:Just add a battery.
What we really need is a printer that prints its own replacement cartridges...
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Re: 3D Printing
You can already get a 3d printer that can print 3d printers! (Well nearly all the parts can be printed anyway).
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Re: 3D Printing
Coming soon to a bookstore near you: "The laser man's guide to oodles of paper money".StuartR wrote:You can already get a 3d printer that can print 3d printers.
Which makes me think:
How would this 3D laser printer go about reproducing a book.
The paper bit ought to be easy, but, mechanically, the binding?
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Re: 3D Printing
Come on Chris, get with the beat! You just print yourself an Espresso.ChrisGreaves wrote:How would this 3D laser printer go about reproducing a book.
The paper bit ought to be easy, but, mechanically, the binding?
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Re: 3D Printing
Yabbut.Leif wrote:Come on Chris, get with the beat! You just print yourself an Espresso.ChrisGreaves wrote:The paper bit ought to be easy,
Books are not that easy.
First let's see it reproduce a single leif.
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Re: 3D Printing
And singing "Chocolate": http://vimeo.com/9743165HansV wrote:And the most important application will be ... printing chocolate!
See this thread.
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Re: 3D Printing
I thought you were talking about a delicious coffee until I checked the link.Leif wrote: Come on Chris, get with the beat! You just print yourself an Espresso.
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Re: 3D Printing
Finally got around to watching this!
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