CNN:Want a PC this Xmas? Then print it (Advances in 3D printers)

[Valkyrien]

trek replicators what?:p

[kwshipman]

Other uses include custom toys and the construction of artificial human limbs including sensors and moving parts. "It may be possible to build fairly complex movement and shape into devices -- but that's a long way off," Canny told CNN.



I can see it now:
Wife: "honny, I just cut off my leg!"
Husband: "Okay, let me print you a new one and I'll be right there!"

[Valkyrien]

lol

[DePingus]

Hmm...so eventually we will be able to print out little BF1942 soldiers with imbedded AI and watch them tear up the living room...Cool!

[Dennik]

Scientists and hobbyists of robotics technology already do this and have arenas where robots are fighting to death against each other. I'm sure you have seen this on TV.

Anyway, that thread makes me wonder. What would you guys try to do first if you had such a technology in your hands?

[slaughters]

Originally posted by Dennik
...What would you guys try to do first if you had such a technology in your hands? You mean after finding the most anatomically accurate female mesh I can get my hands on?

(Hmmm.... can they do life sized ?)

[RazzBlade]

agreed........time to get buzy on some female charicter models =)

[Icarus]

hmm..

*prints Halo
*prints Warcraft
*prints BF1942

*walks away :)

besides that, its very interesting, consider a fully 3d printed verison of Gollum from LOTR. vry cool :)

Tyrinid

[hypercube]

Anyone ever read The Diamond Age? A lot more ultratech but a great extension of these kinds of ideas, with the matter compilers etc.

So when's the object piracy market start? A version of the RIAA for electronics manufacturers? Overriding safety protocol to print out a bomb? :p

[gmask]

Then if they could just enable these machines to recycle garbage and our old computers at the same time we might be getting somewhere.. and just imagine the intellectual property wars that will ensue once these things are on the market..yippee!

[gmask]

BTW you guys that mentioned creating models of girls and gollums.. you can allready do that with current protyping technology. I think they ar a long way from creating living beings with this tech.. we will rue the day if they ever do.

[Gentle Fury]

omg, this is funny. So, how long until this type of tech hits the mainstream and people start downloading the newest GeForce video card off of Kazaa???

This is gonna get interesting.

[Ikarus]

omg, this is funny. So, how long until this type of tech hits the mainstream and people start downloading the newest GeForce video card off of Kazaa???
lol....that's funny, not only can people pirate software, but now they can pirate hardware....lol. Just imagine when that day comes, it will be a free for all....lol

[kwshipman]

isn't that the premise of the Star Trek "future" they have those replicators that can make anything, thus eliminating materialistic desires because you no longer hade to make an extra buck to get something that no one else had. Therbye freeing mankind to a life of discovery.

[gmask]

Originally posted by kwshipman
isn't that the premise of the Star Trek "future" they have those replicators that can make anything, thus eliminating materialistic desires because you no longer hade to make an extra buck to get something that no one else had. Therbye freeing mankind to a life of discovery.

Be careful of downloading a recipe for it that might have a virus especially if it's something you eat. I think they explored this several times where the replicators go crazy. Talk about indigestion or food poison.. oops your DNA got scrambled by some bad tofu dogs.

[Valkyrien]

mmm, scrambled DNA fragments....:drool:

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