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Texas Contrarian · 03-01-2013, 08:33 AM

No doubt you've read about 3-D printing, the process of making three-dimensional solid objects of vitually any shape from a digital model.

Check this:

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/02/3d-printed-car/

Not sure how soon any of us may be driving "printed" cars, but it's interesting.

And the potential may not be limited to car-sized products.

In this 12-minute video, a USC engineering professor explains with graphic animation how we could 3-D "print" entire houses and small buildings:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdbJP...layer_embedded

I believe these developments have the potential to revolutionize manufacturing and construction.

joe bloe · 03-01-2013, 09:11 AM

I'm going by Kinkos this morning and see if they can print up a Bugatti Veyron while I wait.

Texas Contrarian · 03-01-2013, 09:18 AM

Well, just be sure not to do what this guy did:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NJmB1F2mdE

MsJane69 · 03-01-2013, 10:17 AM

+6 FU

Texas Contrarian · 03-01-2013, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by MsJane69

+6 FU

WTF??

A 12-year-old must be playing with Mommy's computer.

jbravo_123 · 03-01-2013, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by CaptainMidnight

WTF??

A 12-year-old must be playing with Mommy's computer.

Don't mind that guy - apparently he's been spamming every thread in here with that same post.

Anyways, yeah the 3D printing stuff is pretty cool stuff. I actually used it in school years ago for 3D modeling stuff in AutoCad but the printers themselves getting more advanced and being able to "print" on more mediums is what's really making new possibilities open up.

Chica Chaser · 03-01-2013, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by jbravo_123

Don't mind that guy - apparently he's been spamming every thread in here with that same post.

I can correct that

cptjohnstone · 03-01-2013, 09:10 PM

thank you

Guest032516 · 03-01-2013, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Chica Chaser

I can correct that

Heh-heh. That was fast.

CuteOldGuy · 03-01-2013, 10:07 PM

Poor Marshall gets no respect!

Texas Contrarian · 03-04-2013, 08:54 PM

Is a new mini-industrial revolution possible?

http://www.spiegel.de/international/...-a-874833.html

Bad news for today's job market, but great for productivity:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/19/bu...pagewanted=all

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/op...bot-do-it.html

The U.S. Army brings 3-D production to the battlefield:

http://www.technewsdaily.com/6116-ar...ttlefield.html

Coming soon: Robots that help build buildings:

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/...,3721501.story

Very interesting stuff, I thought.