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Open-Source 3D Printer Lets Users Make Anything

Posted by Zonk on from the printer-for-the-people dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Picture a 3D inkjet printer that deposits droplets of plastic, layer by layer, gradually building up an object of any shape. Fabbers have been around for two decades, but they've always been the pricey playthings of high-tech labs — and could only use a single material. A Fab at Home kit costs around $2400 and allows users to print anything from Hors d'Oeuvres to flashlights."

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  1. Obvious use by LightwaveNet · · Score: 4, Funny

    Figured I'd save people from typing the search in...
    http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=penis+3d+model&btnG=Google+Search

  2. I'm not convinced... by Maltheus · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...until it can print another 3D printer.

    1. Re:I'm not convinced... by ZeroExistenZ · · Score: 4, Funny

      I think they'll have some recursion protection inthere, to avoid the collapse of the universe.

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    2. Re:I'm not convinced... by Ed+Avis · · Score: 4, Funny

      I'll get one when it can print something almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea.

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  3. Alas, slashdotted by Mad+Bad+Rabbit · · Score: 4, Funny

    Apparently it won't let them print more servers

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  4. Re:Throw some Chinese out of work for a change! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny
    "Throw some Chinese out of work for a change!"


    Only if it puts lead in everything it prints.

  5. Re:Can I make a 3D fake pussy? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Can I make a 3D fake pussy? and fuck it all night long
    I could think of more... constructive things to do with it, but each to his/her own.
    You can think of more constructive things to do with a fake pussy than fucking it all night long? Like what, you sick bastard?!!
  6. Re:Replicate some more web servers! by trolltalk.com · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Slashdotted!"

    No, they're just busy printing up another web server.

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  7. Re:That's pretty cool... by PayPaI · · Score: 3, Funny

    With wording like that you'd think they were making another Segway.

  8. Re:More Discussion by The_Mystic_For_Real · · Score: 3, Funny

    The editors must have bought one of these for stories.

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  9. Re:New Organs by nuzak · · Score: 5, Funny

    > Im printing me a new liver :)

    We recommend having it professionally installed.

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  10. Re:Obvious Use -- Make Fingerprints by griffjon · · Score: 3, Funny

    No need to hack off their fingers now.

    Well, THAT takes the joy out of ID theft, now, doesn't it?

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