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Author: | paulzolo [ Mon Feb 06, 2012 2:42 pm ] | |||||||||
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16907104 This is the kind of magic that 3D printing was invented for. |
Author: | Spreadie [ Mon Feb 06, 2012 3:33 pm ] | |||||||||
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+1 Couldn't agree more. ![]() |
Author: | AlunD [ Mon Feb 06, 2012 6:03 pm ] | ||||||||||||||||||
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So So right ![]() |
Author: | l3v1ck [ Tue Feb 07, 2012 2:40 am ] |
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Technology is awesome!!! |
Author: | Fogmeister [ Tue Feb 07, 2012 9:55 am ] |
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It never occurred to me at first that 3D printing would allow the manufacture of objects that are physically impossible to create using other means. I first saw someone print interlocking bearings which are not possible to create without 3D printing but kind of pointless at the same time. This is amazing though! I've heard lots of people say that 3D printing is a bit pointless and will eventually fade away and never be seen again but with this kind of news it makes me wonder what else hasn't yet been "unlocked" from its potential. |
Author: | jonbwfc [ Tue Feb 07, 2012 11:31 am ] |
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TBF, sintering titanium powder using a laser is quite a way away from the 'near commercial' 3D printers we're beginning to see around. They're great machines with a revolutionary potential but they're a mile away from what was done here. Titanium is never going to be a material you'll be able to make stuff from at home unless you're Mark Zuckerberg. Jon |
Author: | Fogmeister [ Tue Feb 07, 2012 11:38 am ] | |||||||||
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True. Although I do like my new porous titanium toilet flush handle that I printed last night. ![]() |
Author: | ProfessorF [ Tue Feb 07, 2012 12:15 pm ] |
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With schemes afoot like http://www.fabathome.org/ - there's already an open source collection of 3D files that you can swap and build on your handy-dandy home 3D printer. Or at least you will do in the future, I'm certain. There's a few different technologies for 3D printing, each with their own pros/cons. I was at a presentation by a firm that discussed it all, but yeah, lets face it, we all want a titanium sintering printer. |
Author: | jonbwfc [ Tue Feb 07, 2012 1:28 pm ] | |||||||||
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ACtually we all just want a machine that contains a frickin' laser ![]() |
Author: | paulzolo [ Tue Feb 07, 2012 2:06 pm ] | |||||||||
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We are clearly at the point where if you smash your leg bone, instead of having it bolted together, it may be quicker and easier to have anew bone manufactured. OK, not tomorrow, but a decade or so I think will see the start in a change in how complex compound fractures are handled. I’ve also heard about building organs using similar techniques. You print a scaffold using a surgical material, and then encourage cells to grow over them. The beauty here is that if you can harvest enough cells from the patient to do this, then you’ll have no rejection issues. The need from stem cells seems to be lessening too:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16788809 We are clearly at the start of a bio-engineering revolution here. William Gibson referred to doctors as “flesh mechanics” in Neuromancer. Here we are then - that close. |
Author: | JJW009 [ Tue Feb 07, 2012 2:45 pm ] |
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Long Live the New Flesh |
Author: | ProfessorF [ Tue Feb 07, 2012 7:57 pm ] | |||||||||
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http://torrentfreak.com/first-downloaded-and-3d-printed-pirate-bay-ship-arrives-120205/
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Author: | paulzolo [ Wed Feb 08, 2012 9:39 am ] |
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Jay Leno uses on to prototype replacement parts for his car collection. A CNC machine mills out any metal pieces. I’ll need something like this for my car eventually, and the Morris Minor I plan on buying in the future*. http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/ja ... gy/4320759 *The future being a time when I can afford two cars. |
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