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Hard to believe an article like this wouldn't have a link to a single picture. Here's an article from last year with some pictures and more details of the process.

Russia beat France, again

And if you have the phone to decrypt, you likely already have a suspect in custody based on other evidence and probable cause. You can make an argument that decrypting the phone's contents may identify co-conspirators, but it's weak.

may identify. Possibly. Maybe.

They're going to need more than that weak shit argument to justify putting some slip-shod patchwork hack nonsense into the same encryption that protects literally billions of dollars of financial transfers and transactions every day. Besides, we saw what a bang-up job the government did with protecting those TSA keys that can unlock literally anyone's luggage, didn't we? Why the fuck would you trust them with something that could be used to unlock entire networks, databases, etc. in real time?

If it exists, it will get out. See: all the NSA disclosures and leaks. And when it does, we're all fucked.

Stratasys bought MakerBot and are willing to sue competitors to maintain their monopoly.

So much for patents encouraging innovation.

have a read down the page http://3dprintingindustry.com/...

Wanhao Duplicator I3 runs around $399

Info Link
http://3dprintingindustry.com/...

Forum

https://groups.google.com/foru...

Info on 3D printing and Duplicator Calibration and mods from JetGuy
http://www.3dprinterbrain.com/...

This is from a guy (JetGuy) That build a 4 X 4 X4 FOOT ed Printer

> I'm sorry but you are WRONG. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WAY for additive 3D printing to be stronger than forged steel.

Read it and weep:
http://3dprintingindustry.com/2014/02/07/german-scientists-3d-print-lightweight-material-stronger-steel/

The fraudulent patents that makerbot has filed will eventually end up in the coffer of Stratasys

http://3dprintingindustry.com/...

http://www.forbes.com/sites/ra...

I don't think that plastic will ever be a reasonable material for making a firearm, no matter how good the printer gets. Otherwise we would see somebody making plastic guns using industrial injection molding methods. But all firearms on the market and even those produced in basements are pretty much completely made out of metal. Some use wood or plastic, but usually only in decorative pieces, or the stock of a rifle, and definitely not in the barrel or chamber (pardon my terminology if I'm using words incorrectly). The only really viable means to 3D print a firearm is via something like laser sintering, and even with the patents expiring, the cost of those machines will still be in the 10's of thousands of dollars. If somebody is willing to spend $35,000 to produce guns, then 3D printing is definitely not the most efficient way of doing it. Sure prices will come down, but so will the prices of all the other methods of manufacturing firearms, which means that 3D printing will likely never be the best way to do it. 3D printing is great for one-off prototypes, but once you want something resilient that can last, and that doesn't take huge amount of resources to make, you pretty much have to move to other production methods. That being said, I can definitely see 3D printers being used for some parts of the production, but possibly just for making molds for more traditional methods to be used in the actual production.

It's already happening with some companies. http://3dprintingindustry.com/...

Ohh, silly me. Amazon took over the marketplace, so now it's new again.

I agree, but you don't even need a machine shop, lathe, etc. to build a gun. You can build a pretty sturdy zip gun with some pipe and fittings from your local hardware store. They even sell 22 caliber rounds for driving in nails so you can build the whole gun, projectiles and all, right there in the store. Get some real bullets at Walmart later. Look, we're all "nerds" here, home made guns should be part of any contingency scenario for your zombie plan; Help a geek out.

Makeshift "zip" guns are even studier than a 3D printed gun is right now. Eventually 3D printed materials will be even better than subtraction technologies, since we can influence fine structural detail. But right now, 3D printed guns are WAY down the list on essential zombie preparedness kit items (it's like a hurricane or earthquake kit, but with more shotguns).

If you're in the US, today is a great day for a zombie attack. There are folks gathering away from their homes in large quantities, and running around collecting and eating food off the ground. Even if you don't get visited by the Easter Zombunny, today is a great opportunity to teach kids foraging skills. Remember, in the event of an outbreak: Always hunt responsibly, steer clear of tasty traffic bottlenecks, and she is not your mother-in-law anymore.

Maker spaces are inexpensive. Their capital cost is low. Given your audience, it can be lower than conventional, because you might use less resources.
Maker spaces are about self-teaching, and research. How do you do .
Maker spaces engage the community, and are about people in different "groups" interacting. Diversity in action - not about institutionalized anything, just those who can do no matter what they look like - its about making, not race/age/social-status/et cetera.

Maker spaces are about teaching. Those who can, both do and teach. Peers mastering and teaching others one on one, or in a larger quasi-formal setting. How do I do x? How do I do it safely? How do I do it in a way that stages me to be able to do the next thing? Don't just stand me on the shoulders of a giant, let me walk a ramp between shoulders of successively larger giants until one day I find that I am one of them and I have somehow, by doing what I love, been a giant whose shoulders others have walked.

Making is several things at once. Software, programming, electronics prototyping, CAD, hardware ...

Books are critical. How do I program in Python, Javascript, assembler, or on this particular widget.
How do I solder, sew, or saw this piece of stuff into the shape that I wanted? What software does it take to make the STL file, to put into the makerbot to make a cutie mark for Twilight Sparkle? What if I want to make a 3d picture of myself - how do I do that? What about making my own mini-strandbeest?

I see arduino, robotics, computer programming, makerbots, origami, kits, knitting/macrame/quilting, kites rockets and LED lights as very "typically makerspace" materials. Books on all of those subject are welcome.

How to make your own notebook is important. Teaching documentation of the process is important for makers/inventors/engineers. We learn more when we capture what we did and we think about how to make it better.

Engaging the modern "buzz" is a common past-time. Deconstruct the new i-thing and make one yourself, even if it has 1% of the actual function and 1% of the cost. What will I find if I take this apart? How do I put this valuable thing together, or make my own that does a passable job?

Here are some links.
http://makerspace.com/
http://www.heatsynclabs.org/
http://gangplankhq.com/labs/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
http://3dprintingindustry.com/...

Actually the article was about finding ways to build weapons because we already use 3d printing to build medical devices cheaply.
http://3dprintingindustry.com/medical/
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/02/robohand-how-cheap-3d-printers-built-a-replacement-hand-for-a-five-year-old-boy/

You haven't been keeping up with 3d printer developments. It can already print food. It's just a matter of time before it can do so cheaply. It's the next big thing every kitchen will have. Making something for dinner will have a whole new meaning. Example 1: http://www.psfk.com/2013/10/3d-printed-bread-pasta.html Example 2: http://3dprintingindustry.com/2012/11/18/video-3d-printing-chocolate/

Not just rods and rails, also longer, by 5x(?) position sensors (optical strips?) and also the required rods and rails will need to be held to tighter tolerances as deviations that are passable at shorter lengths are magnified at longer lengths and thus no longer acceptable. It takes larger machines to make larger parts with tighter absolute tolerances and so the cost of the parts increases. I argue it increases by a lot.
Here in the comments section of the article about the Objet1000 (1000 mm x 800 mm x 500 mm) it mentions the price at $675,000. The article states $40,000 but that's probably wrong.
http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1394&doc_id=256319&dfpPParams=ind_186,industry_auto,industry_gov,industry_medical,bid_26,aid_256319&dfpLayout=blog
Here is one that mentions the price as 500,000 Pounds:
http://3dprintingindustry.com/2012/11/30/objet1000-connex-platform-launched-at-euromold/
So even if the hobbyist can reduce the price to 1/10, it is still $67,500.

So, I respectfully disagree unless you can show where the larger envelope sizes have been achieved for much lower cost. Note even that this printer does not meet the wished for 1m x 1m x1m of the parent post achieving in fact, only 40% of the wish.