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3-D Printing: Technology May Bring New Industrial Revolution
Der Spiegel ^ | 01/04/2013 | Marcel Rosenbach and Christian Schüle

Posted on 01/05/2013 1:40:44 PM PST by Olog-hai

3-D printing technology, used industrially for the last few decades, is poised to break into the mass market. Its endless and swiftly developing possibilities—from entrepreneurial manufacturing to the potential sculpting of human organs—could become the next industrial revolution. …

Assembling, screwing together, adhering, welding—all these processes are rendered obsolete when even the most complex shapes can be produced by a single machine using this casting technique. The end result can be an artificial hip, a hearing aid, a cell phone case, customized footwear or even the Urbee, a prototype car that has been making a splash. …

The only limits are set by the selection of materials, the space needed for each individual printed object and one other very important factor: time. Three-dimensional printing as currently practiced is a long, slow process. …

(Excerpt) Read more at spiegel.de ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Science
KEYWORDS: 3dprinting; urbee
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. . . and don’t forget the attempted scare by the media over printable guns and whatnot.
1 posted on 01/05/2013 1:40:51 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: null and void
For your consideration.

/johnny

2 posted on 01/05/2013 1:43:57 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Olog-hai
One of the cool things they are doing with it is printing 3-d scaffolds to grow things like blood vessels and organs on.

Perhaps, one of these days, I can have 2 kidneys again. Not sure if I want the spleen back, we never talked anyway.

/johnny

3 posted on 01/05/2013 1:47:07 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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You may enjoy this:
http://circlecycleice.com/page9.php


4 posted on 01/05/2013 1:47:15 PM PST by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: Olog-hai
A printable gun was the storyline in last night's episode of CSI:NY.

-PJ

5 posted on 01/05/2013 1:49:33 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: Olog-hai

The open source printer that is self replicating so you can give one to a friend.

http://www.reprap.org/wiki/Main_Page


6 posted on 01/05/2013 1:53:40 PM PST by Straight Vermonter (Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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To: Olog-hai

I’m printing an M1A1 Abrams tank. But the printer cartridges are getting a little pricey.


7 posted on 01/05/2013 2:04:43 PM PST by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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I refill my cartridges with old bent silhouette targets made of T1 armor plate. Try it.


8 posted on 01/05/2013 2:15:26 PM PST by eartrumpet
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To: Olog-hai

... or even the Urbee, a prototype car

I’ll take a 1960 something Vette with all the extras


9 posted on 01/05/2013 2:21:19 PM PST by logitech (Who's here so vile, that will not love his country? If any speak, for him I have offended)
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To: Olog-hai; AD from SpringBay; al_c; AnalogReigns; archy; bmwcyle; Boogieman; bigbob; BuffaloJack; ...

3-D printer ping


10 posted on 01/05/2013 2:22:10 PM PST by null and void (The world is full of Maple Streets.)
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To: Olog-hai

Fasteners are not obsolete because you’ll still want to disassemble certain components for maintenance.


11 posted on 01/05/2013 2:26:39 PM PST by SoCal Pubbie
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O.K.....Someone talk about investment opportunities, eg, top five companies poised to control part or all of 3D printer production, supplies, etc.

Thanks....Ross

12 posted on 01/05/2013 2:33:36 PM PST by RossB
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DDD - Top name
SSYS - main competitor
ADSK - provides the software
ONVO - provides tissues for testing and grafts but are working on JRs kidneys


13 posted on 01/05/2013 2:48:08 PM PST by BipolarBob (Happy Hunger Games! May the odds be ever in your favor.)
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To: logitech

Big block or small block? I think it was 1965 that the big blocks started appearing; up until 1964, the most powerful motor was a small block with mechanical fuel injection (a 327 with about 390 horses).


14 posted on 01/05/2013 3:02:36 PM PST by Olog-hai
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“Fasteners are not obsolete because you’ll still want to disassemble certain components for maintenance.”

Professional outfits like Victoria’s Secret and Frederick’s of Hollywood are well aware of this.


15 posted on 01/05/2013 3:15:36 PM PST by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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To: Olog-hai

This 3-D printing will in a little while morph into something called an assembler.

They will come in small desktop models to large mobile models that build homes/bridges/whatever

Just about all you really need to build large structures like homes is lots of sand, an assembler and plenty of energy.

Assemblers will one day be able to create drugs, food, clothes, electronic devices, tools .... and new assemblers.

Progressives (communists) will NOT like this tech at all! How can you rule over a populace that does not need anything from government!?!?


16 posted on 01/05/2013 3:18:33 PM PST by Bobalu (It is not obama we are fighting, it is the media.)
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>>Progressives (communists) will NOT like this tech at all! How can you rule over a populace that does not need anything from government!?!?>>

The Luddites will protest. Unions will scream their heads off. Too bad Henry Ford isn’t still around.


17 posted on 01/05/2013 3:30:14 PM PST by kitkat
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To: Olog-hai; KevinDavis; Las Vegas Dave; ShadowAce; Ernest_at_the_Beach

“Tea, Earl Grey, Hot” ping.

Thanks Olog-hai.


18 posted on 01/05/2013 3:30:32 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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Interesting!


19 posted on 01/05/2013 4:21:50 PM PST by BwanaNdege ("To learn who rules over you simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize"- Voltaire)
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I ran across it a few years back, possibly linked here for all I know. I think it is fascinating and have been watching for it to break through ever since. The engineering appears brilliant to me.


20 posted on 01/05/2013 4:28:20 PM PST by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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