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Beyond robots - add in 3d printing of all goods supplies including food and replacement organs ( https://3dprint.com/118932/uc-... ) Now - nobody needs to do, ANYTHING. We have the real potential of this becoming reality. The only work will be to improve yourself and your society. Think Star Trek culture.

Just wait for the announcement of a 3-D printed 3-D printer!

You asked?

That wood flooring was 3D printed?!

It could have been, since 3D printing wood is a thing. Or it might not be wood at all.

How did they 3D extrude the wiring and meet code?

Maybe like this? I don't know what "code" Russia has, but a machine could be much more precise than a human.

Concrete is a good insulator for russian winters, right? Amazing! How good was the R-value? How was the rebar extruded?

Maybe they 3D printed some foam insulation? And why would they use rebar in a one storey construction that small?

http://www.3ders.org/articles/...

Not sure what you mean by 3d print to completion, unless you mean no other steps than printing and then using.

As far as the ABS guns, my understanding was that the only metal parts were the ammo and firing pin.

https://3dprint.com/139537/3d-...

Yes. Twitter is an excellent networking tool. The best way to use it is through the "search" box at the top right. Just now I typed in "Utah 3d Printer" https://twitter.com/search?q=U... and found stories about a Utah surgery and find https://3dprint.com/139265/bea... a story about use of 3d printers to use CAT scans to print a copy of her kidney, revealing the hidden tumor. If I was in Utah and involved in 3d printing, I'd now have a list of users who "tweeted" the story and some of them might likely become part of a useful network. I have actual examples as well where it has been of tremendous usefulness to me.

I see you aren't making much use of your @AnonymousCoward handle. For sure, there are many people on Twitter who don't know how to make most effective use of it... perhaps proportional to the internet community at large.

The issue right now is basically what you explained for why human drivers suck. Automated cars are GREAT at the 99%. It's the edge cases, in bad weather, with mechanical failures...that will be the true test.

Has google been testing their cars in blizzards? Mostly they seem to be in fairly nice safe weather conditions. This link details Ford's ventures into this issue and it seems like good progress. But when the car simply loses traction on a snow covered street, who does it try to protect? The driver? or the pedestrian walking in the road because the sidewalk isn't plowed? How well does this system cope with a build up of ice across a vehicle? It's easy to cherry pick these questions obviously, but giving full access requires either the ability to deal with everything as well or better than humans. (which might be possible in most cases)

If you've used a 3D printer it's basically a no-brainer to understand that you can retrace the printhead movement from the sounds the printer makes. Some people have even be making music on their printers.
http://3dprint.com/29244/3d-pr...

3D Fish Tank decor

http://3dprint.com/61418/3d-pr...

http://www.advancedaquarist.co...

This is the next paradigm in camera tech. More precise article here: http://3dprint.com/91439/mobil...

No, it's because a 3D printed gun is not anywhere near as good as a gun made by a gunsmith.

Not really so true anymore, currently it's the price per copy.

http://3dprint.com/21109/3d-pr...

But as 3D metal printing technology advances (and it won't be long, as it was only a handful of months ago that all there was out there was the Liberator plastic single-shot and now there's metal 1911-style semi-auto pistols being produced.), expect the cost/time required to drop dramatically and for quality to keep pace.

Can you think of a legitimate application for which a 3D-printed gun would be superior to a weapon made by a real gunsmith?

"Superior"? Probably not for a little while yet, but at the same time it will not be long at the rate 3D printing tech advances these days. "Legitimate application"? Depends a lot on what you would consider a "legitimate application", but I get your point and in many cases you would be correct. This will soon not be true as 3D printing technology advances & matures, however.

Strat

Not sure you could call SLA or CLIP printers extruders.
http://formlabs.com/products/f...
http://3dprint.com/51566/carbo...

http://3dprint.com/51502/black...

http://3dprint.com/49406/tetra...

That shows a new nano-scale 3d printer that can create intricate objects in the 400x400mm range versus the 3x3mm range of other nano-scale printers of the same resolution.

THAT is some potentially revolutionary shiz!

The other 3d printer I want to see is the one that lays down a weld bead instead of plastic.

tada

Add a computer milling machine and there is little you couldn't produce.

If you could print something on a fixture which would then be automatically relocated to a mill, you'd really have something. Namely, your part spit out without user intervention, as long as it only required one setup. With a 3.5D mill, even that limitation goes away, but I'm always thinking on the cheap...

Look up "alumide", it's been around in the 3d printing world for a very long time. Primarily you need to think "plastic" in terms of its properties. But that said it does generally have mildly better heat tolerance and higher stiffness than most plastics you'll work with. It generally looks dull and sandy (yet smooth), but iMaterialize now has a sparkly version. Alumide is not like metal, but on the upside its not every expensive either.

You can get real 3d printed metal out there from a variety of services. Laser sintering is the best but it's ridiculously priced. If you want a custom titanium bone implant or a specialty part for a space probe or the like, that's what you want; otherwise, it's probably not for you. The more affordable metals (still much more expensive than plastic but not too expensive for general use in small objects for custom needs) are made by lost wax casting, with a 3d printed mould. The best selection of metals (and finishes) is iMaterialize, but Shapeways is a bit cheaper. Both have rather long turnaround times, but they're improving. The quality however is already superb for both of them.

I'm an orthopaedic surgeon, and I doubt it's anything more than just a typical spacer that is commonly used.

OK found the article, and I'm corect.

http://3dprint.com/30512/3d-pr...

The title is misleading - it's just a 3D printed version of spacers that are commonly used - it really doesn't look, nor function any differently than the ones currently being used. The patient had a non-ossifying fibroma - rare in the spine, but benign, and will turn into regular bone eventually. This could have been treated with some bone graft and a plate and screws, which is basically what they did.

Nothing really new here.

Source article Most of his submissions from there. Just sayin'.

Take a look at the plans. Notice that everything is "printed" in strips. That does not look very flexible to me. It looks like it is constructed with cargo containers. Then there is the installation of things such as electrical, hvac, and plumbing. That may be difficult.

And as you can see from the 3Dprint link, the kid is a glasshole to boot.

Is it similar to the KAST 3D Printer?

Frankly, I'm putting better hopes into this kind of technology, for single-material printing. It's like a RepRap is an old plotter and the KAST is a laser printer that can print the whole page at the same time.

Ideally you'd want the combo printer-scanners that are starting to come out, combined with something as simple and intuitive as SketchUp (but volumetric "clay" instead of shell/boundary) to let users modify the model by stretching, patching, or copying elements. That might have been something that Jobs' Apple could have done, but Jobs is dead.