Why would anyone buy an unfinished looking $53,000 3D-printed car like THIS, when you could buy a 500+ horsepower 2016 Shelby GT350 for about the same price? The resale value alone would make the 3D printed choice foolish.
If 3D printing was as promising as this article makes it sound, then why can't I buy individual parts like custom 3D printed hoods? It's certainly more realistic to buy individual parts than 3d printing an "entire" car. It's just not anywhere close to being cost effective.
I logged in just to mention Everything. It's my favorite free program for Windows and and I don't care what the zealots say. There is NO comparable alternative for Linux.
One nice feature on Everything is the ability to add text files containing file lists to your search. I use it to search multiple computers simultaneously and this way they can even be powered off. The external file lists can be stored and synced on Google-Drive or an equivalent cloud storage.
I haven't tried it yet, but I might try creating a daily cron job that generates a text file list of all of my linux files and then try to use Everything via Wine as a viewer. It's a very clumsy alternative, but that's the best alternative I can think of.
I STRONGLY disagree. This Is VERY innovative technology.
Flexture / compliant structural engineering is NOT trivial. We're talking about a complex interaction of kinematics, material science, fatigue, structures, non-linear dynamic loads, and in this case even thermal loads because temperatures drop significantly at altitude and you're not going to want a brittle material failure. Not to mention the controls engineering and software required to control and monitor the structure or the exotic manufacturing processes required to make open celled structures. Are we talking about isotropic materials? Because if we're talking about composite materials, the complexity just became exponentially more complex. Did I even mention the Aerodynamicists role in this project yet?
Frankly, I'm having more difficulty trying to think of engineering displines that are *not* used by this technology.
Manual transmissions are generally inferior to the new breed of efficient automatic transmissions, but there's an inexplicable thrill to having that extra control.
You have a very interesting website. I especially liked your innovative re-use of your old Styrofoam. I wish I had mod points to give you.
I had no idea it took so much wood to tackle a project like that. How much money did you need to spend on wood for that project? Will you be able to reuse the wood after it is removed from the concrete? Do you think a 3D printed home would save on material costs after you factor in the cost of the wood?
There's few things more irritating to me than waiting for a red light when there are no other vehicles at an intersection. All I want is a simple way to communicate to the traffic light to let it know that I am approaching so I don't have to stop. It seems that most automatic lights I have encountered wait until I have come to a near full stop - which partially defeats the purpose.
Implement this and then BAM - instant time savings and 3+ Miles per gallon savings for every vehicle on the road.
I wonder how feasible it would be to bypass Chinese filters by posting text in.JPG or.GIF images (or some other format) instead of easily parsed Ascii?
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Don't give these guys ideas.
They've already used every high-tech-startup buzzword in the book.
3D printing hype is getting out of hand.
Why would anyone buy an unfinished looking $53,000 3D-printed car like THIS, when you could buy a 500+ horsepower 2016 Shelby GT350 for about the same price? The resale value alone would make the 3D printed choice foolish.
If 3D printing was as promising as this article makes it sound, then why can't I buy individual parts like custom 3D printed hoods? It's certainly more realistic to buy individual parts than 3d printing an "entire" car. It's just not anywhere close to being cost effective.
Inefficient compared to what?
Driving a 6000 lb. delivery truck from stop sign to stop sign to deliver a few envelopes?
^^^ THIS
I logged in just to mention Everything.
It's my favorite free program for Windows and and I don't care what the zealots say. There is NO comparable alternative for Linux.
One nice feature on Everything is the ability to add text files containing file lists to your search.
I use it to search multiple computers simultaneously and this way they can even be powered off.
The external file lists can be stored and synced on Google-Drive or an equivalent cloud storage.
I haven't tried it yet, but I might try creating a daily cron job that generates a text file list of all of my linux files and then try to use Everything via Wine as a viewer. It's a very clumsy alternative, but that's the best alternative I can think of.
I STRONGLY disagree. This Is VERY innovative technology.
Flexture / compliant structural engineering is NOT trivial.
We're talking about a complex interaction of kinematics, material science, fatigue, structures, non-linear dynamic loads, and in this case even thermal loads because temperatures drop significantly at altitude and you're not going to want a brittle material failure. Not to mention the controls engineering and software required to control and monitor the structure or the exotic manufacturing processes required to make open celled structures. Are we talking about isotropic materials? Because if we're talking about composite materials, the complexity just became exponentially more complex. Did I even mention the Aerodynamicists role in this project yet?
Frankly, I'm having more difficulty trying to think of engineering displines that are *not* used by this technology.
Here's a "Simple" two dimensional cross section of a compliant wing design. http://www.topology-opt.com/wp...
In a real world 3D example, it's not likely that the 3D design would be a extruded version of the 2D profile.
I think I found an open source alternative to Simulink:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S...
Is there an open source alternative to Simulink?
On the other hand, it would make a cool mod for a Raspberry Pi
Manual transmissions are generally inferior to the new breed of efficient automatic transmissions, but there's an inexplicable thrill to having that extra control.
I took a Fortran 77 class many years ago while pursuing my BSME, but never understood why we were using Fortran over more popular languages.
What's the advantage of Fortran in an engineering environment?
If I would have waited 10 years to attend college, I'd be way further in debt because tuition rates doubled.
There goes the neighborhood!
This new interface reminds me of when Digg.com lost 95% of its members by doing the same thing.
Is it normal for me to get this message?
"Shazbot! We ran into some trouble getting the comments.
Try again... na-nu, na-nu!"
You have a very interesting website. I especially liked your innovative re-use of your old Styrofoam. I wish I had mod points to give you.
I had no idea it took so much wood to tackle a project like that. How much money did you need to spend on wood for that project? Will you be able to reuse the wood after it is removed from the concrete? Do you think a 3D printed home would save on material costs after you factor in the cost of the wood?
....but I think we all know where evolution is headed.
I predict that they will switch to autonomous drone technology before they ever raise pilot pay.
Might be good for squeezing more data on an optical drive?
For $150k you could buy a nice mansion (or two) in Detroit.
For $150k in Los Angeles or San Francisco, you could probably buy a nice tent or cardboard box.
I can't be the only person who incorrectly read that.
There's few things more irritating to me than waiting for a red light when there are no other vehicles at an intersection.
All I want is a simple way to communicate to the traffic light to let it know that I am approaching so I don't have to stop. It seems that most automatic lights I have encountered wait until I have come to a near full stop - which partially defeats the purpose.
Implement this and then BAM - instant time savings and 3+ Miles per gallon savings for every vehicle on the road.
I use the same technique in reverse to make my headlight switch last longer.
maybe younger drivers are more likely to notice the problem sooner and shift into neutral faster than older drivers?
I wonder how feasible it would be to bypass Chinese filters by posting text in .JPG or .GIF images (or some other format) instead of easily parsed Ascii?
She thinks for a second and says "how do you give shoulder"?
Shrugs