Kickstarter: 3D fax machine

[Kaido]

We're almost to Replicators from Star Trek

http://www.engadget.com/2013/08/22/aio-robotics-zeus-3d-copy-machine/

Although I'm still waiting for my pizza vending machine :wub:

 

[Red Squirrel]

lol I can totally picture the office conversation

"We need that part to fix the robot now, it says it will take 2 weeks to ship, WTF is this?"
"Just get them to fax it noob"
"oh, right"
An hour later the fax arrives with the part.

 

[Phoenix86]

Wonder how long it takes for someone to fax a penis.

 

[ImpulsE69]

There's never a shortage of penis...even if it's 1" at a time...

 

[moonbogg]

Why not just email the 3D model and have them use their printer? No difference. I can see people spamming 3D fax machines with stupid marketing keychains and crap.

 

[MrDudeMan]

Why not just email the 3D model and have them use their printer? No difference. I can see people spamming 3D fax machines with stupid marketing keychains and crap.

Ding ding. I don't want someone wasting my 3d printing resources with their stupid shit. Send me the file and I'll decide what to do with it.

 

[ImpulsE69]

First step to human teleportation!

 

[moonbogg]

If its ever possible to use metals and very high resolution, its going to revolutionize manufacturing in a good way, but at the expense of the few jobs left in that area. I can see huge industrial grade printers that look like massive CNC machines with large vats of liquid metal beneath them. We can build the machines now, but that liquid is the tricky part.

 

[mmntech]

The really impressive part of these is how cheap they're getting. Makerbot costs as much as a basic laser printer did 20 years ago. This thing promises to be cheaper. Should revolutionize prototyping. Create a 3D design off site then "fax" it to the office.

There's never a shortage of penis...even if it's 1" at a time...

I bet you tell that to all the ladies. :sneaky:

 

[dud]

We're almost to Replicators from Star Trek

That's quite a stretch of the imagination. Define "almost" ...

Almost not found.

 

[PottedMeat]

Wonder how long it takes for someone to fax a penis.

instead of faxing black pages... dildoes, dildoes, everywhere :awe:

 

[mmntech]

That's quite a stretch of the imagination. Define "almost" ...

Almost not found.

Well the replicator is basically a transporter that can rearrange atoms of an inert material into objects and edible food. In that sense, we're a long way off from that, if it will ever exist. The computing power alone to replicate an safe, edible apple like they do in Star Trek would be astronomical. Heck, it will be a long time before you can 3D print any advanced objects. There's also the whole copyright thing that will eventually crop up.

instead of faxing black pages... dildoes, dildoes, everywhere :awe:

This is the future of spam.

 

[Greenman]

Three d printing will interest me when they have three decimal place accuracy and produce metal parts.