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Three-Dimensional Home Printers Could Disrupt Economy (Replication)
LIve Science ^
| October 12, 2007
| Lamont Wood
Posted on 10/12/2007 2:34:24 PM PDT by decimon
When your favorite gadget of the future breaks, you might select a replacement model online, download its design file and make a true 3-D replacement on your home printer.
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More importantly, prices for 3-D printing machines have been falling rapidly, reaching $20,000, and the day is foreseeable when they will fall below $1,000 and become home appliances, says Phil Anderson of the School of Theoretical and Applied Science at Ramapo College in New Jersey.
The results, he warned, could be economically "disruptive."
"If you can make what you need in your own home quickly, then manufacturers become designers, with no need for factories, warehouses or shipping," Anderson told LiveScience.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Technical
KEYWORDS: stereolithography
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posted on
10/12/2007 2:34:25 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: decimon
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posted on
10/12/2007 2:35:53 PM PDT
by
Ingtar
(The LDS problem that Romney is facing is not his religion, but his Lacking Decisive Stands.)
To: Ingtar
Is this BS?
Something dosent seem right.
3
posted on
10/12/2007 2:37:58 PM PDT
by
chaos_5
(Fred & Hunter '08)
To: Ingtar
Raktajino, iced, large, double strong.
4
posted on
10/12/2007 2:38:01 PM PDT
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: Spktyr
Racquel Welch, young. Hot.
To: decimon
Get ready for a fight that’ll make the RIAA copywrite war seem like child’s play.
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posted on
10/12/2007 2:40:43 PM PDT
by
LibWhacker
(Democrats are phony Americans)
To: willgolfforfood
"Racquel Welch, young. Hot."Uses too much ink.
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posted on
10/12/2007 2:40:59 PM PDT
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: chaos_5
Is this BS?I don't think so. There's talk right now of two-dimensional ink jet printers (standard printers) being used to make two-dimensional objects. Artificial skin, for instance.
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posted on
10/12/2007 2:41:32 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: decimon
One .454 Casull Single Action, 7.5” barrel, hot.
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posted on
10/12/2007 2:41:39 PM PDT
by
Disambiguator
(Political Correctness is criminal insanity writ large.)
To: decimon
Pure BS. The parts produced are of a particularly fragile plastic, and have a rough surface. They're good only for making models and molds, after considerable finishing work is done. They have little structural strength or other desirable characteristics.
I can see a use for them: making custom Halloween masks.
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posted on
10/12/2007 2:43:27 PM PDT
by
Dumpster Baby
("Hope somebody finds me before the rats do .....")
To: willgolfforfood
“Sorry. The replicator cannot replicate living things. Please try another request.”
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posted on
10/12/2007 2:43:40 PM PDT
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: willgolfforfood
Racquel Welch, young. Hot. Sorry, that design is copyrighted.
The DMCA requires that the plans NOT be made available.
Please choose from alternate plans without copyright - you may make as many copies as you wish:
- [ ] Britney Spears
- [ ] Lindsay Lohan
- [ ] Madonna
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posted on
10/12/2007 2:43:40 PM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: decimon
Interesting.
DAMIT, if another on of my ideas goes by without me actualy getting a chance to do more than just think about it.
Oh well.
lol
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posted on
10/12/2007 2:44:08 PM PDT
by
chaos_5
(Fred & Hunter '08)
To: Disambiguator
C’mon, someone post a photo of a Replication Unit on the Enterprise. ROMULAN ALE!
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posted on
10/12/2007 2:44:15 PM PDT
by
massgopguy
(I owe everything to George Bailey)
To: Dumpster Baby
There’s a new generation version that’s in testing now over at TI. It ends up producing stuff out of ABS plastic that’s pretty strong.
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posted on
10/12/2007 2:44:36 PM PDT
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: decimon
The results, he warned, could be economically "disruptive." LOL
Isn't that what was said when the car came on the scene? And even in the past few years, the digital camera did in most of the film developing outfits and along with our home printers, the commercial printers have taken a big hit, - etc etc from time immemorial, It's called progress.
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posted on
10/12/2007 2:44:51 PM PDT
by
maine-iac7
("...but you can't fool all of the people all of the time" LINCOLN)
To: chaos_5
Yes, 3D printers do exist but you can not replicate a functional device.
For example, if you placed your iPod into a 3D printer, the printer would produce an object that is the same size and shape of your iPod but it would not be functional. I would simple be a block of plastic that looked like an iPod.
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posted on
10/12/2007 2:45:03 PM PDT
by
trumandogz
(Hunter Thompson 2008)
To: massgopguy
Sorry, the replicator can only make synthehol-based drinks.
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posted on
10/12/2007 2:45:18 PM PDT
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: decimon
What, I’m gonna get a new blender made from toner???
Doesn’t make sense...
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posted on
10/12/2007 2:45:27 PM PDT
by
Mugwump
(Better Living Through Sarcasm)
To: Dumpster Baby
The writer of the story and the editors are idiots.
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posted on
10/12/2007 2:46:12 PM PDT
by
trumandogz
(Hunter Thompson 2008)
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