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3D Printer - Exploring the world of 3D printing
aimhigh ^ | 5/11/13 | nully

Posted on 05/11/2013 8:19:33 AM PDT by null and void

Just a handy link for a great overview of current events in the 3D/Additive Manufacturing design and manufacturing space.


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Mega hat tip to aimhigh for the link!

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1 posted on 05/11/2013 8:19:33 AM PDT by null and void
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To: null and void; AFPhys; AD from SpringBay; ADemocratNoMore; aimhigh; AnalogReigns; archy; ...
3-D Printer Ping!


2 posted on 05/11/2013 8:20:15 AM PDT by null and void (America needs to be led by warriors not by lawyers)
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individuals can start their own businesses, create new things,invent things, manufacture items to save money, make things in the U.S.A

etc.

So democrats will try to ban 3-printing because it empowers the individual . they will say a one in a billion adam lanza will print a gun blah blah blah , well they allready are saying that

3 posted on 05/11/2013 8:23:53 AM PDT by Democrat_media (D's & Mary Landrieu voted 4 UN to take away our 2nd amendment rights)
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To: null and void
individuals can start their own businesses, create new things,invent things, manufacture items to save money, make things in the U.S.A

etc.

So democrats will try to ban 3D-printing because it empowers the individual . they will say a one in a billion adam lanza will print a gun blah blah blah , well they already are saying that

4 posted on 05/11/2013 8:24:35 AM PDT by Democrat_media (D's & Mary Landrieu voted 4 UN to take away our 2nd amendment rights)
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I really enjoy my 3-D printed stationary!


5 posted on 05/11/2013 8:25:56 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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Union goons will be again’ it.


6 posted on 05/11/2013 8:26:25 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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Nothing more dangerous than a peon with a better idea...


7 posted on 05/11/2013 8:26:35 AM PDT by null and void (America needs to be led by warriors not by lawyers)
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yes unions and democrats will be against 3-d printers . democrats want us to be dependent on government and slaves to the government

I think Americans with their own 3-d printers can find a way to make some items cheaper in their homes than China can by shipping them halfway around the world.


8 posted on 05/11/2013 8:30:00 AM PDT by Democrat_media (D's & Mary Landrieu voted 4 UN to take away our 2nd amendment rights)
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I am looking forward to the Stratasys earnings call on Monday. 3D printing has had a good run lately.


9 posted on 05/11/2013 8:35:24 AM PDT by beef (Who Killed Kennewick Man?)
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I think Americans with their own 3-d printers can find a way to make some items cheaper in their homes than China can by shipping them halfway around the world.

How many coins in the turnstile will the Chinese have to give dems to try to stop this?

10 posted on 05/11/2013 9:14:07 AM PDT by GOPJ ( A gang rape by Eight isn't 'immigration reform'... Send the millions of illegals home.)
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To: null and void

The power of the computer amplifies the human mind. It’s as though you have an army of people at your beck and call to do research and crunch numbers.

Computers controlling hardware that can assemble physical objects will be like having an army of artisans following your directions and building things for you.

Most people simply cannot believe the societal changes this tech will soon cause. Even governments refuse to see what’s coming.

Naysayers think it’s pie in the sky dreaming and dismiss it as Kurzweilian nonsense. This tech however does not depend on human level (or greater) AI to come to fruition.


11 posted on 05/11/2013 11:55:12 AM PDT by Bobalu (It is not obama we are fighting, it is the media.)
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To: a fool in paradise
I really enjoy my 3-D printed stationary!

Okay!

Want to make money? A son-in-law was over last night, and relayed a story about his friend he visited after many years. The friend had a collection of vintage stickers from his childhood and decided to sell them online. They were so popular, his wife suggested they make some. So they made new ones with vintage motifs and made a fortune, making over $200G a year now.

You can do something similar with 3D printers, making knockoffs of toys that people desperately want but are in short supply. Just saying...

12 posted on 05/11/2013 1:05:41 PM PDT by roadcat
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