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In the discussion thread: Chris Anderson: Why I left Wired - 3D Printing Will Be Bigger Than The Web [View all]

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Sun Nov 18, 2012, 11:54 PM

Bonobo (20,573 posts)

66. Good luck printing up water.

Oh, maybe you are imagining poor African villagers with 3D printers and they will just print up a giant water pump...

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74 replies	Author	Time	Post
Chris Anderson: Why I left Wired - 3D Printing Will Be Bigger Than The Web [View all]	MindMover	Nov 2012	OP
I guess the long tail didn't pay as well as he thought it would	salvorhardin	Nov 2012	#1
Constraints on the Long Tail are cultural, not technological	aletier_v	Nov 2012	#37
not much of a tail when median wage is about $15/hr	HiPointDem	Nov 2012	#52
They need to call it something more appropriately descriptive,	kestrel91316	Nov 2012	#2
Can they print the crack?	Scuba	Nov 2012	#3
Oh, that would be just great!	pinboy3niner	Nov 2012	#5
I think it is largely hype.	Bonobo	Nov 2012	#4
Chocolate.	DreWId	Nov 2012	#8
In most cases it would make more sense to NOT print in chocolate	jmowreader	Nov 2012	#18
Have you watched the videos of the printers?	2pooped2pop	Nov 2012	#55
They used one	Aerows	Nov 2012	#11
Yeah, I've had that problem.	GeorgeGist	Nov 2012	#30
In the future everyone gets a pet bald eagle	Son of Gob	Nov 2012	#33
Shit. I got nowhere to keep a bird with a 6 foot wingspan.	Confusious	Nov 2012	#40
You can get a mini.	Son of Gob	Nov 2012	#41
That looks more like the next size below mini...	pinboy3niner	Nov 2012	#44
It's more advanced than you think. They're working on circuit boards now.	joshcryer	Nov 2012	#13
Sounds like just what we need ...	GeorgeGist	Nov 2012	#31
Ahh, you've seen the Terminator. Me too.	Son of Gob	Nov 2012	#34
Yes, let's smash all those looms. (nt)	Posteritatis	Nov 2012	#72
Prototypes silly:-)	madokie	Nov 2012	#16
the third world doesn't call bullshit on	theKed	Nov 2012	#23
Think of the lost jobs.	joshcryer	Nov 2012	#29
Um.	Occulus	Nov 2012	#42
I think it will go beyond plastics very quickly	Matariki	Nov 2012	#43
They have been trying	Aerows	Nov 2012	#7
Replicators.	joshcryer	Nov 2012	#9
Is this the resin spray that solidifies	EC	Nov 2012	#14
We're going to have artifical meat in a few more years.	joshcryer	Nov 2012	#17
Why the hell print meat molds?	jmowreader	Nov 2012	#22
Texture. You're laying down the cells individually, really rapidly.	joshcryer	Nov 2012	#25
How freakin' small are the orifices on these things?	jmowreader	Nov 2012	#45
Thiel wants to do it basically at a molecular level.	joshcryer	Nov 2012	#46
I want my synthetic meat to be free range..	snooper2	Nov 2012	#63
They have to get the DNA from somewhere.	joshcryer	Nov 2012	#68
it's already called "additive manufacturing"	uncle ray	Nov 2012	#36
From what i understand ....they could "print" a gun.	LeftofU	Nov 2012	#6
Thingyverse (a site where you post plans for stuff) banned guns for that reason.	joshcryer	Nov 2012	#10
It wouldn't likely survive shooting the bullet.	Angleae	Nov 2012	#49
You can print in metal now	jmowreader	Nov 2012	#54
What types of metal?	Angleae	Nov 2012	#57
Barrels aren't controlled items...	jmowreader	Nov 2012	#61
Biggest nonsensical hype since the Segway	high density	Nov 2012	#12
5-10 years.	joshcryer	Nov 2012	#19
you could not possibly be more wrong, mr. density.	uncle ray	Nov 2012	#38
You sound like the type that said the same thing about....	Logical	Nov 2012	#65
It's going to be big, but not that big.	reformist2	Nov 2012	#15
The idea is for most things you'll go to a "maker factory."	joshcryer	Nov 2012	#21
But what am I going to make???	reformist2	Nov 2012	#24
What do you want to make?	joshcryer	Nov 2012	#26
That would be cool! I agree it has promise. Designers and hobbyists are going to love it.	reformist2	Nov 2012	#28
So the Chinese labor goes away...	Bonobo	Nov 2012	#32
You're destroying labor economy and it becomes a resource economy.	joshcryer	Nov 2012	#39
can i design my own car...?	BlueMan Votes	Nov 2012	#69
My dream is to one day make an open source vehicle. :)	joshcryer	Nov 2012	#71
Have you ever had a key made?	JVS	Nov 2012	#47
That's cool and all for custom-made stuff, but most people are fine with mass-produced.	reformist2	Nov 2012	#56
I disagree, I think its definitely going to be that big.	Egnever	Nov 2012	#59
No, because I don't need new arms.	reformist2	Nov 2012	#60
You can use a 3D printer to print a 3D printer.	reusrename	Nov 2012	#20
Such a poetic thought. Glad I read this thread.	KittyWampus	Nov 2012	#62
I think I heard this before	jmowreader	Nov 2012	#27
Yes, he's probably wrong.	aletier_v	Nov 2012	#35
The suffering in the world is NOT due to the lack of readily available shit. I'll pass. n/t	Bonobo	Nov 2012	#48
Yeah, who needs readily available clean water.	joshcryer	Nov 2012	#64
Good luck printing up water.	Bonobo	Nov 2012	#66
The problem isn't water, it's getting clean water.	joshcryer	Nov 2012	#67
Thank you for the link. I will try to inform myself a little better. nt	Bonobo	Nov 2012	#70
He is right!	Egnever	Nov 2012	#50
I was amazed to read that they can 3D "print" guitars, and many say they sound good.	Dark n Stormy Knight	Nov 2012	#51
Working body parts have been printed	Cicada	Nov 2012	#53
Assuming that 3d printing is the wave of the future,	JDPriestly	Nov 2012	#58
It's a technology, not a company. There's no one group/person in control of it. (nt)	Posteritatis	Nov 2012	#73
Always kinda fascinated by the kneejerk Luddism these threads inspire. (nt)	Posteritatis	Nov 2012	#74

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