mcboozerilla Male, 30-39, Europe
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Wednesday, February 08, 2012 6:46:33 AM I don't see very many practical applications for this. |
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I-IS-BORED Male, 18-29, Canada
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Sunday, January 29, 2012 9:00:25 AM @Byfield build a huge and cheap machine or a small and cheaper machine for making small complicated structures? hmm... do i want my medical prosthetic being made on site or far away at a more expensive machine and requiring shipping? |
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Burgh Male, 40-49, Western US
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Saturday, January 28, 2012 5:09:56 PM "Can it print a 3d printer?" A Von Neumann Self-replicating machine will probably be developed very soon. Biology does it all the time. :) |
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Fatninja01 Male, 18-29, Australia
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Saturday, January 28, 2012 1:52:16 PM Can it print a 3d printer? a world inside a world. Printception |
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Byfield Male, 13-17, Europe
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Saturday, January 28, 2012 8:33:28 AM Old vid, but still interesting. Thing is, what is needed is bigger and cheaper, not smaller! Unless he can get it to output layer by layer out of the machine and be limited only on 2 axis instead of 3. (4, depending on the material!) |
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Draculya Male, 30-39, Asia
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Saturday, January 28, 2012 8:11:21 AM Can it print bacon? |
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fancylad Male, 30-39, Western US
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Saturday, January 28, 2012 7:08:08 AM Link: TED Talks: The World's Smallest 3-D Printer [Rate Link] - Klaus Stadlmann speaks at a TED symposium on the marvels of the world's smallest 3-D printer. |
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