26 Foot Long Boat 3D Printed In 100,000 Different Pieces

First time accepted submitter Talk Prizes writes Hung-Chih Peng, a Taiwanese artist, has decided to 3D print a boat measuring 26 feet in length. The piece, called "The Deluge – Noah's Ark" is a twisted wrecked boat which he had to 3D print in 100,000 different pieces and then glue it all together. "...The Deluge is Peng’s way of showing the inability that humans have exhibited in rectifying uncontrollable catastrophic challenges. Climate change, ecological crises, and environmental pollution are all changes that this planet is facing, yet seemingly humans do not have a way to correct these problems. The work is meant as a metaphor for showing the battle being waged by Mother Nature on the accelerated development of industrialized civilization."

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Re:Noah's ark????

[DigiShaman]

After a 3,700 year old clay tablet was translated, it's now believed that Noah's ark was nothing more than a giant coracle. It's basically a giant around raft made out of wicker and extremely stable in water. Bloody brilliant when you think about it. Back then, materials (lumber) were limited and the idea of a large keel boat isn't based on any text, but rather baseless assumptions.