Will 3D printing change the world?

[5v3d3b0]

https://www.wimp.com/printingchange/

I didn't know it had come such a long way already!

[Rogue_Shadow]

There was an article on the BBC a few days back, someone used a 3D printer to make the parts necessary to assembly and entire assault rifle

[herulach]

[oldpink]

https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=251397

nowhere.elysium's thread opened up my eyes to this well worth a read
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[Wonko The Sane]

it's being used to great effect in the model building community, especially with model railways where people want a specific model that isn't available such as one of the prototype trains from the 70's

all they then need to do is get the body printed (normally through shapeways) and then modify a chassis from another model and they're away, pop the design in shapeway's store and other people buy it getting a bit of cash back for the time and effort put in.
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[smegballs]

I don't get why "3d printing" is such a buzzword, if you expanding it into "3d printing/machining" it is a lot more exciting.

Does average Joe not know what a CNC 5-axis machining station is? (Don't answer that)

Even a normal old cnc mill is far more useful than a 3d printer when it comes to actually making useable objects that serve a purpose.

Do laser cutters come into the realm of 3d printing? They are pretty awesome too.

[cimbian]

[thx1138]

Well, if 3D printing now is to future tech, as the Gutenberg's Press was back when it was invented, then yes it will.

[Wonko The Sane]

[daemonoid]

[oldpink]

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[Jayy]

No doubt it's going to open up a lot of new technologies and applications but the most interesting I've seen it used for is printing organs and blood vessels, like it touched on briefly in this video.

I saw a presentation were they had created all kinds of things, like an ear, a kidney, a heart, blood vessels, etc. I definitely believe that in the next 10 years, there will be companies that charge silly money to extract cells from you and create replacement organs and parts to transplant into you.

Need a heart? £50,000 thanks. Need a new finger? £5,000 please.

[daemonoid]

[nowhere.elysium]

[supZ]

the first step towards replicators (as in the star trek not sg1)

very excited, although it does open up a copyright minefield in our money driven world.
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[mistergixer]

When I can print my own booze, weed and whores is when I'll start taking an interest in it.


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[Kickstart]

Hi

Not sure it is world changing. People with the skills and access to the equipment can already make most things (look at Chr15).

The idea of some random bod downloading a set of drawings and trying to knock up a car suspension arm is a touch worrying.

Strength of a blob of what is effectively weld from a 3d printer compared to a properly heat treated piece of metal is a biggy.

All the best

Keith
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[Lord Percy]

Gone will be the days of paper flyers dumped to blow all over city centres. Now businesses will print advertising objects and conveniently leave them in strategic places. Litter will increase exponentially. Well, if all goes as dystopian as I'm imagining it!

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[LordShaftesbu...]

Course it doesn't always go to plan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKyiNiZD3sI&feature=youtube_gdata_player

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