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The 3D Un-Printer
An anonymous reader writes "3D printing is on its way toward becoming ubiquitous. Of course, if you have such a printer and want to print something, you need raw materials — the plastic filament that's fed into the machine. It's also likely that while you're learning the ropes, you'll print a bunch of terrible attempts at objects, and end up having to throw them out. Now, Wired is reporting on a device aiming to solve both of those problems. Tyler McNaney's 'Filabot' will break down failed projects as well as many other plastic items from traditional manufacturers, turning them into a filament you can then feed through a 3D printer. 'So far the plastics that work are HDPE, LDPE, ABS, NYLON. More to come on the different types that work.' McNaney sees it as a 'closed-loop recycling system on your desk.' The Filabot's Kickstarter campaign succeeded easily in 2012, and now he and his team are getting ready to launch."
Will need to do some hacking work so this can work with HP 3d printers.
Who needs an icicle when you can just Un-Print your knife?
Everything is better with chainsaws.
I can see this going very poorly for your average consumer very quickly.
You mean the subset of people who are capable of operating a 3D printer, but can't read numbers in a recycle label.
Fire converts matter to energy pretty well.