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http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/news/4224759
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lol that would be nice
That would probably take a long while to create large and complex objects, though o.o
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That's cool, I just think it would take a while for some objects.
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it can't make ANY shape though: take for instance an object where there is an appendage hanging down with no support underneath. As the printer builds up, the appendage will have nothing to rest on and fall down. i suppose that, as long as the object does not completely enclose the appendage, you could print some sort of soluble or meltable material as support and get rid of it later.
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Build it upside-down.
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What if you had a hollow object?
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Re: Build a Make-Anything Machine
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Quote from: SirCmpwn on June 21, 2010, 02:54:55 pm
Build it upside-down.
what if there are 'stalactites' and stalagmites', ie, appendages on top and bottom? you'd have the same problem no matter which way you turned it
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Turn it on its side.
Also, what the hell would look like that?
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if the appendages are hanging out into the middle, they can only be supported from one direction: their base. if some are facing in different directions, you obviously can't accommodate them all at the same time, so turning it on it's side doesn't work. see attachment for an example: imagine it as a cross section of a semi-hollow sphere
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June 21, 2010, 08:13:44 pm »
That. is. Awesome. Amazing find, Sir.
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June 21, 2010, 09:08:52 pm »
Fab@home? Yeah, I like 3d printers. Check out
makerbot.com
The zcorp printers are my fav, though. (search YouTube)
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June 21, 2010, 10:19:47 pm »
The next step toward making replicators and machines that produce food from cards
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June 21, 2010, 10:25:43 pm »
Someone made the machine make cookies.
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Re: Build a Make-Anything Machine
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Quote from: graphmastur on June 21, 2010, 09:08:52 pm
Fab@home?
You know people, while browsing the forums, I really gotta avoid checking OmnomIRC (or #omnimaga) when loli/anime talk occurs. It makes me see weird things. In the case of this quote, I misread the word before the @ as something else. X.X
Anyway back on topic, I wonder how it handles really thin objects like a sheet of paper
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June 22, 2010, 01:35:49 am »
This is an interesting idea... I remember a while back i read about a theoretical device that would allow you to build any object, with an input of all the basic elements. This looks like a step in that direction! And a very awesome one at that
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