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MindPilot

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29. Of course every new technology will be used for making weapons...and porn.

Reply to Warpy (Reply #3)

Mon May 6, 2013, 05:36 PM

May 2013

That's after we can't figure out a way to use it to get high. It's just how we are.

But the reality is much of this kind of technology is finding its way into doing exactly the opposite; making prosthetic devices. The capability to go directly from a scanned image to an object is a dream-come-true for any fabricator or moldmaker. Especially if the molds are of people and even more difficult--animals. I foresee the film industry being one of the heaviest early adopters.

I saw a demo of a CNC machine last year at a trade show. It scanned a man's left arm, then, in about 30 minutes, it cut an aluminum mold of a perfect replica of his right arm! That is easily a week's work even for a skilled sculptor and mold-maker.

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Meet The 'Liberator': Test-Firing The World's First Fully 3D-Printed Gun [View all] TampaAnimusVortex May 2013 OP

Only a matter of time. nt rrneck May 2013 #1

Great. They have this advanced technology and decide to be as primitive as possible. MrSlayer May 2013 #2

It's the American way rightsideout May 2013 #27

Might have known one of the first things they'd print would be a fucking gun Warpy May 2013 #3

Swords are useful enough .... oldhippie May 2013 #6

If they do that, they'll starve. Warpy May 2013 #9

Of course every new technology will be used for making weapons...and porn. MindPilot May 2013 #29

Actually, I think we try to eat it first Warpy May 2013 #30

a single shot gun produced on an $8000 printer? NightWatcher May 2013 #4

True - but a few years from now and your looking at something else. TampaAnimusVortex May 2013 #11

Reliable, multi-shot, high power printed firearms are a LONG way off fortunately. Gravitycollapse May 2013 #5

Indeed. Luckily these cant be modified to include a metal barrel... TampaAnimusVortex May 2013 #12

Cutting hardened metal barrels is not exactly easy. Gravitycollapse May 2013 #14

One doesnt need hardened metal... TampaAnimusVortex May 2013 #15

Yeah, I am not just guessing. Gravitycollapse May 2013 #17

Who needs a barrel when a basic pipe will do? NickB79 May 2013 #16

I have doubts about the accuracy of a smooth bore barrel at 30 feet. Gravitycollapse May 2013 #18

And you're right to have those doubts. MineralMan May 2013 #20

That $8000 dollar printer now will be a $300 dollar printer shortly. TampaAnimusVortex May 2013 #21

Actually, no. There will be some sort of 3D MineralMan May 2013 #23

Everything in your post is incorrect. Occulus May 2013 #28

Who said anything about cutting hardened steel? jmowreader May 2013 #19

At this level of mass production, it only has to work once. MindPilot May 2013 #31

There are probably not going to be any further developments in plastics MindPilot May 2013 #22

You were saying about printing in metals? pediatricmedic May 2013 #24

We have these where I work -- aerospace fabrication MindPilot May 2013 #25

What's the real point of this? Blue_Tires May 2013 #7

Blow through any and all gun control legislation nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #8

Pew pew pew! Robb May 2013 #10

I'd still rather have a p227 ileus May 2013 #13

Or, someone evil could just get one from his mother ... eom Kolesar May 2013 #26