3D Printer

[Ratatapa]

Dunno if it's posted already

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZboxM...layer_embedded

I have problem beleiving this, people keep saying that the video is not 100% that we miss parts but still

The other side that believe it is that it,s from national geographic

[Gergall]

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/3d_printer.png

[Darus Grey]

Do people not keep up with technology? There's nothing to be skeptical about,3D printers are real and have been for awhile...

I mean really...there's nothing not to believe...

[Tyche]

Dunno if it's posted already

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZboxM...layer_embedded

I have problem beleiving this, people keep saying that the video is not 100% that we miss parts but still

The other side that believe it is that it,s from national geographic

They're printing kidneys on 3D printers. Where the hell have you been?

[Ratatapa]

hiding I see, I havn't been following 3d stuff much

[Darus Grey]

The future is now!

[Dranio]

We have a 3D printer here at the university, Drafting department. Prints really really slow though.

[bungiefan]

There was a DMCA issue over CAD files and 3D printers a while ago. Someone figured out how to CAD one of those 3D optical illusions, like the twisted shape or staircase or something. The file went up on an open CAD file database so people could print it themselves instead of having to buy the item from a manufacturer. Once they become less expensive, this is going to be interesting when it comes to copyright law.

[Khamsin]

There was a DMCA issue over CAD files and 3D printers a while ago. Someone figured out how to CAD one of those 3D optical illusions, like the twisted shape or staircase or something. The file went up on an open CAD file database so people could print it themselves instead of having to buy the item from a manufacturer. Once they become less expensive, this is going to be interesting when it comes to copyright law.

Probably no more interesting than image copyright. Actual products, aside from the simplest and cheapest, wouldn't really be reproducible in this manner given the printing materials. There's a reason wrenches are made out of steel rather than hard resin plastic.

[Kaisha]

Main thing I found crazy was that it's capable of creating parts assembled already. In my mind, I always figured 3d printers had to create only solid objects, and the rest you have to put together by hand, particularly on complex objects where a scanner might not hit all the nooks and crannies. Obviously is not the case with that little gear-device they showed early on.

[hey]

There's been a wiki page for this since 2004. Of course it is real.

[Cantih]

Not only is it real, but you can even get in on it right fucking now.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reprap
Ideas of stuff you can make
http://reprap.org/wiki/ItemsMade

[Khamsin]

Not only is it real, but you can even get in on it right fucking now.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reprap
Ideas of stuff you can make
http://reprap.org/wiki/ItemsMade

Can it make a pre-assembled reprap, or does it only make parts to be assembled by humans?

And how does it make something like an M shape (vertically speaking), where the middle part is supported by an upper layer that won't be printed until the middle hanging part is done?

[Seanr]

We have a 3D printer here at the university, Drafting department. Prints really really slow though.

Already it's not good enough... lol

[Chun Liroy]

They're printing kidneys on 3D printers. Where the hell have you been?

I love you for this video. Awesome watch.

[rezn0r]

we've had one for years at work, not as nice looking as in that youtube video, but it's pretty amazing at the detail it can print out. the other day i was playing with some wrench with working gears in it. i know how to add its software to someone's system and connect to it, but that's about it...

[geno]

There was a DMCA issue over CAD files and 3D printers a while ago. Someone figured out how to CAD one of those 3D optical illusions, like the twisted shape or staircase or something. The file went up on an open CAD file database so people could print it themselves instead of having to buy the item from a manufacturer. Once they become less expensive, this is going to be interesting when it comes to copyright law.

http://25.media.tumblr.com/e2szWQjMk...syb0o1_500.jpg

Getting so close...

[Seanr]

or are we
http://www.meh.ro/wp-content/uploads...40-381x800.jpg

[hey]

And how does it make something like an M shape (vertically speaking), where the middle part is supported by an upper layer that won't be printed until the middle hanging part is done?

By not making it vertically? >.>

Interesting though that there are small affordable ones that can be built by hand. I wonder what they would cost to build, as well as how much the material used to print things costs. I definitely wouldn't mind having a magic copier around the house.

[Cantih]

Can it make a pre-assembled reprap, or does it only make parts to be assembled by humans?

Bre built, not yet, nor are they trying for that yet. It still can't make all the parts anyway, until they manage to solve manufacturing circuit board equivalents on the thing.
From what I understand, assembly isn't that hard, unless you fail at lego or ikea.