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Dave
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You wouldn't download a car, would you?
Yes. Yes, I would.
http://www.techodrom.com/etc/worlds-first-3d-printed-car-made-44-hours/
Yes. Yes, I would.
http://www.techodrom.com/etc/worlds-first-3d-printed-car-made-44-hours/
GasBandit
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So a guy 3-D printed himself a Daedric dagger from Skyrim.
Not pictured: The 3,500 iron daggers he had to print to get the required skill to print this.
Not pictured: The 3,500 iron daggers he had to print to get the required skill to print this.
GasBandit
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123D Catch is an Iphone and Android App that allows you to create 3d models simply by taking a shit ton of photos of your subject.
Over 20 photos must be taken of the subject that include every surface of the subject.
The models can then be imported to your PC and used for practically anything.
They can even be 3D printed!! http://www.123dapp.com/
GasBandit
Staff member
I might be mistaken but I was under the impression that the David was being kept in a niche, so it would be impossible to take photographs of it from the rear?
You can get pictures from the rear, it's the height of him that would make it hard.
Plus you can get a mini David from pretty much any shop in Florance.
GasBandit
Staff member
Now you don’t even need your own: UPS now offers customers the ability to 3D print things in their stores.
Some people continue to push at the line, making it easier than ever to manufacture your own, surprisingly legal AR-15.
--Patrick
--Patrick
Dave
Staff member
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-12/19/3d-printed-space-wrench
Guy on the space station needed a wrench. So NASA sent them an email with a schematic. They 3D printed it and now they have the part they need.
Think about this. Remember in Apollo 13 when they needed a part to stop the carbon monoxide leak? Well, now they'll just figure something out, make it a schematic and sent it to them to make on the spot. Technology is awesome!
Guy on the space station needed a wrench. So NASA sent them an email with a schematic. They 3D printed it and now they have the part they need.
Think about this. Remember in Apollo 13 when they needed a part to stop the carbon monoxide leak? Well, now they'll just figure something out, make it a schematic and sent it to them to make on the spot. Technology is awesome!
GasBandit
Staff member
Yes, that's awesome, but I can't help but point out it was a carbon dioxide buildup, not a carbon monoxide leak. They needed to fit the lander module's CO2 filters, which were square, into the command module filter housing, which was round.
And yeah, a makerbot would have solved the problem PDQ.
GasBandit
Staff member
It'd be really funny if they used the bacon cheddar flavor... the bacon bits randomly clog the nozzle, until enough pressure builds behind it to blast a big ol cheesy shotgun blast right through the cracker.
GasBandit
Staff member
"You wouldn't download a cat!..."
I like how the recurring theme in the comments I see attached to this video is "They need to bring this to cosplay conventions!"
--Patrick
http://techreport.com/news/28449/unorthodox-sprout-pc-looks-like-a-3d-printer-dream-machine
Use the above to scan a thing, then print it out.
Expensive, but we're closing in on 3D copying.
--Patrick
Use the above to scan a thing, then print it out.
Expensive, but we're closing in on 3D copying.
--Patrick
Dave
Staff member
Not exactly a 3D printing thing, but I thought this was cool.
Lego now has something for prosthetic arms so that you can build your own working attachments.
https://i.imgur.com/FcFjR30.webm
Lego now has something for prosthetic arms so that you can build your own working attachments.
https://i.imgur.com/FcFjR30.webm
