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PoliticAverse

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26. Well you can use them to print parts for your pet duck...

Reply to shenmue (Reply #16)

Wed Jul 24, 2013, 06:31 PM

Jul 2013

http://www.buy3dprinter.org/the-duck-with-a-prosthetic-foot-3d-printing-and-veterinary-care/

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3D printers shown to emit potentially harmful nanosized particles [View all] onehandle Jul 2013 OP

They'll need to put these things in special rooms, with air filters in 'em! nt MADem Jul 2013 #1

1% doesn't care if it hurts humans. They care if 3D printers hurt investments in certain industries. valerief Jul 2013 #2

Power to the people! 3D printers are a VERY disruptive technology. nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2013 #29

Great, you can poison people while printing your undetectable gun mwrguy Jul 2013 #3

I had exactly the same thought. Ednahilda Jul 2013 #5

Or, poison yourself Duer 157099 Jul 2013 #9

OR, your bicycle, kid's toy, new jawbone or knee joint, teeth, jtuck004 Jul 2013 #12

If the particles are plastic resins, we can expect to see an uptick in respiratory cancers, too. kestrel91316 Jul 2013 #4

potentially unsafe, potential solution DainBramaged Jul 2013 #6

The particles are too small to be filtered with a dust mask. Dustlawyer Jul 2013 #8

Nanomask DainBramaged Jul 2013 #13

I wondered about that... Taverner Jul 2013 #7

Since these items have been often used around kids PatrynXX Jul 2013 #10

Are you equally afraid of laser printers? (nt) Posteritatis Jul 2013 #21

Why am I NOT surprised. AdHocSolver Jul 2013 #11

Darn, have to run it in the garage. n/t jtuck004 Jul 2013 #14

Right next to your laser printer, stove, and scented candle. n/t Igel Jul 2013 #15

Kinda what I was thinking...Although I do wonder, since it is putting off plastic, jtuck004 Jul 2013 #18

Laser printer toner is plastic. We have been using that for quite a while. n/t A Simple Game Jul 2013 #19

But those aren't new, you see. All new anything is automatically bad. (nt) Posteritatis Jul 2013 #22

Yes but can I print a puppy? shenmue Jul 2013 #16

Well you can use them to print parts for your pet duck... PoliticAverse Jul 2013 #26

This is why we can't have nice things! Javaman Jul 2013 #17

So, we gonna all jerk our knees and panic wildly about laser printers and ovens, too? (nt) Posteritatis Jul 2013 #20

Dont forget chemtrails... 7962 Jul 2013 #23

Now how am I supposed to make never-ending LEGOS? NickB79 Jul 2013 #24

Complete with an ad above this post reading WHEN CRABS ROAR Jul 2013 #25

So there will be a market for 3D printer enclosures with HEPA filters then ? n/t PoliticAverse Jul 2013 #27

So...it makes dust? Xithras Jul 2013 #28

Like "cooking on a gas or electric stove, burning scented candles, operating laser printers" Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2013 #30

Kinda depressing how many people just see the headline and emote, isn't it? (nt) Posteritatis Jul 2013 #32

A website to make stuff hankthecrank Jul 2013 #31

Sigh. Nihil Jul 2013 #33