3D Printers

[Lex Diamonds]

Are they the future?

They can pretty much make anything now, including replacement organs. The digital revolution (in particular the internet) has made people in general impatient, as we're now used to being able to get any book, TV show, movie, or music at the touch of a button.

Will we get to a point where everyone can just print anything we want? It doesn't seem that unbelievable given the rate at which technology is developing.

[rirv]

It can't form complex machines, guns; and explosives have chemicals, moving parts, it doesn't work that way, but it can form solid metal shapes. Like knives and stabbing weapons.

[Bob]

It can't form complex machines, guns; and explosives have chemicals, moving parts, it doesn't work that way, but it can form solid metal shapes. Like knives and stabbing weapons.

i know you're just quoting T2, but http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/07/30/3d_printed_assault_rifle/

[Lex Diamonds]

Yeah I was going to say, there is nothing to stop you assembling things with moving parts surely? And the chemicals thing: obviously we can't just make them without the component elements, although the way science is accelerating I wouldn't be surprised if we pretty much cracked alchemy/some kind of nanotechnology that would allow us to transform substances into other ones in the next 100 years.

[checkyourprez]

paddy looking forward to the invention of 3D printers just so you can print off massive 3D dongs is a little weird bro.

[Lex Diamonds]

Yeah it is... you trying to tell me that's what you're looking forward to?

[checkyourprez]

you're trying to tell me thats not what you're looking forward to?

[Lex Diamonds]

It's not top of my list, we'll put it that way. I guess you and I are just into different things?

[kaiser soze]

lemme know when you can print a girlfriend...

[Helvete]

It can't form complex machines, guns; and explosives have chemicals, moving parts, it doesn't work that way, but it can form solid metal shapes. Like knives and stabbing weapons.

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[Bob]

I just wanted to say I appreciate this post.

i did too! i just also really wanted to post that article

[Dorothy Wood]

I wanna print out some dongs and sell 'em on etsy to lonely crafters.

[Bob]

i'm holding out for the ability to print food. it's 2012! i want replicators dammit!

[rirv]

Hydrate level four please!

[MCA4ever]

I'd print off a copy of myself to do all the things I hate to do.

[MCAadROCKMiKEd7]

My gmas printer prints out pictures that are so vivid and bright that they damn near look 3D like theyre popping out at you. ive never seen such high def pictures as the ones her printer prints.

[Lex Diamonds]

Cool story!

If I close my eyes sometimes in my mum's car it sounds like a Bimma.

[MCAadROCKMiKEd7]

Youre ridin around and youre gittin it