Re: Real Life Replicator
Posted: 09 Jul 2011 18:51
That video is made a bit rubbish by the bullshittery they've snuck in there - the printed wrench was blatantly not the scan - how would the scanner see the inner workings? And the reason the strength test was so laughable was because powder-based 3d prints are pretty weak.
The coolest 3d printers are the SLA ones that use a laser to cure layers of resin - proper scifi shit
You can also do it buy extruding a line of plastic and building up layers that way - it's not as neat, but you can make really structural clicky things (eg: like those click buckles you get on rucksacks etc) out of actual plastic. Which is pretty amazing.
And the same principle works for chocolate....

The coolest 3d printers are the SLA ones that use a laser to cure layers of resin - proper scifi shit

You can also do it buy extruding a line of plastic and building up layers that way - it's not as neat, but you can make really structural clicky things (eg: like those click buckles you get on rucksacks etc) out of actual plastic. Which is pretty amazing.
And the same principle works for chocolate....
