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3D printing, prepare to be amazed| Elrich of Gaul |
Posted: Jul 14 2011, 04:09 PM
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 Knight and Honored King of Old Group: RTK Assembly/Moderator Posts: 639 Member No.: 3 Joined: 13-June 05  |
Seeing as I'm at work, I cannot access youTube from here but if you go to YouTube, type in "3D printing" and check a few of these videos, for those of you who never heard of this.... be prepared to be amazed.!!!
Now who said replicators could never come to life.... wow.!!! -------------------- Honour, Integrity, Loyalty, The foundation of RTK
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| Abascantus of Aragon |
Posted: Jul 14 2011, 08:13 PM
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what you like stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis?
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| Abascantus of Aragon |
Posted: Jul 14 2011, 08:21 PM
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i am amazed
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| stoicblitzer |
Posted: Jul 14 2011, 10:55 PM
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REPLICATORS!?!?
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| Mercurius of Cappadocia |
Posted: Jul 15 2011, 05:23 AM
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Yeah those are pretty amazing... I had one of my engineering students showing me that a while ago. We have a couple on campus.
Nanotech will eventually lead us to real replicators... the capacity to build from the atomic level. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Spr5PWiuRaY -------------------- RTK | 50_Bomb: i'm not about to become a drag queen
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| Elrich of Gaul |
Posted: Jul 15 2011, 12:53 PM
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Knight and Honored King of Old Group: RTK Assembly/Moderator Posts: 639 Member No.: 3 Joined: 13-June 05 |
Thanks for the link Merc,
The possibilities... think about it.. right now they're using some type of polimer with a resin type epoxy it seems... eventually, they'll have metallic powder with a chemical type fluid that could potentially "weld" the powder together just like the polimer and actually replicate metalic items as per the needs.!!! endless... -------------------- Honour, Integrity, Loyalty, The foundation of RTK
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| Dinadan of Logris |
Posted: Jul 15 2011, 01:31 PM
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Commercial now, nice. Looks like a fun toy for daddy and son.
 What also amazes me is that 3D "printing" doesn't come packed together with all the "new" 3D scanning tech that would complement it. I guess these two sides meet in a CAD program then. Nanotech, hmmm... I instinctively treat anything that's too small to be seen with distrust. Both operation and repair of things that you can't see is problematic, and these you couldn't even touch precisely with what you're likely to have available. You'd have a hard time to guess at what went wrong if it stopped working, so everyday use would require much advanced diagnostic and repair tools or very cheap & abundantly available throw-away status (and then, collection... throw your nanojunk in this bin! ). Also, modularity ("parts"  ) deals with much of repair and diagnostics now, but with nanotech, you'd expect that a module either gets too small to be of use, or too large to be able to benefit from nanotech. And nano repair-bots made available, that's just the start of a cliche tech horror movie  This post has been edited by Dinadan of Logris on Jul 15 2011, 01:35 PM --------------------  we are grown ups not children (Abs) I used to volunteer for Special Olympics (Merc) I don't believe in conscience! (BzzY) CNN has been unable to reach Barrett for comment. (CNN) I wasn't kicked out of RTK (Chazz) For our forums you lasted like what? 10 yrs? 5 yrs? 90k posts? isnt like 10k from just alone from our forum celebrity dinadon? (BP) |
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| Sir Lambert of Lancs |
Posted: Jul 15 2011, 02:04 PM
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ah so i am not the only one working for a company that does not understand the value of having access to youtube at work! what is the world coming to!
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| Elrich of Gaul |
Posted: Jul 15 2011, 02:25 PM
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Knight and Honored King of Old Group: RTK Assembly/Moderator Posts: 639 Member No.: 3 Joined: 13-June 05 |
I am not alone.....
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