Board 8 > ......oh my god 3D printers.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_printing

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14946808

HOW HAVE I NEVER HEARD OF THIS????

more like "replicators"

Crono801 posted...
HOW HAVE I NEVER HEARD OF THIS????

I don't know

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I probably should have put the BBC link at the top.

Replicating functional vascular material is simply groundbreaking.

i think most colleges have them now right?

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heard of a lot, honestly never saw one.
that's pretty amazing. 'need a new kidney? no problem, let me scan your old one and print you a new one.'

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now you can download a car

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that was my first time seeing a video of the tech.

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but you wouldn't download a car

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of course not.
i'd scan and print one.

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this is so sick

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charmander6000 posted...
now you can download a car

I lol'd

i saw one on like 60 minutes or something

guy made a wrench and used it to tighten a bolt

edit: this looks like more or less the same thing i saw

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man these were already in Future Timeline ages ago

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What has science done?
This is amazing.

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yeah it's pretty cool but as an astute youtube user notes, that wrench replica probably costs tenfold to make in the printer

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It's always entertaining seeing the reactions of someone as they discover 3D printing for the first time.

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Theoretically, this could completely change the way the economy works.

... I don't know why, precisely, but this seems like exactly the kind of topic Ulti would enter and start complaining about big businesses in.

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yeah it's pretty cool but as an astute youtube user notes, that wrench replica probably costs tenfold to make in the printer

I think the first cell phones cost thousands of dollars. Then again, they doubled as effective bludgeoning objects.

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Bonus Minecraft version

that's crazy

how durable is the material, though? like, how much of a beating can it take?

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Had these at UofM. I used them for a couple of models. They're pretty cool.

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Wasn't there something a while back about how you could get an action figure made of your WoW character via 3D printing?

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I remember seeing something were they showed them making a working heart valve with 3D printing.

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