Printed 3d Pistol - anyone can print a working gun..

[The Tasmanian]

Printed 3d Pistol - anyone can print a working gun..
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/shortcu ... ody-wilson
3d printers are now roughly $1000..

interesting times...

[jkhuri44]

anyone can make weapons now too, all sorts of "illegal" ones. Heck, even grinding metal to a sharp point...is "illegal" this just makes it easier, and more professional

[The Tasmanian]

The printing is cool though - like making weapons in your lunchbreak at work.
3d printing is just astonishing the way you can print machines with independent moving mechanical parts.
And now guns?
we will soon print robots - seriously. very soon.

[jkhuri44]

there is cutting edge research, if not already existing somewhere, 3d printing of concrete house/building foundations, and also 3d printing of human organs with the recipients own cells (this one particularly mindblowing), rendering transplants a thing of the past, when they perfect the tech...

<3 science.

[Manning]

Bioprinting is what intrigues me.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20972018

[The Tasmanian]

Insanely crazy times ahead gents...I might just go and print my dinner....

[Text_Edifice]

The ideology behind the printed gun is interesting too - imagine anonymous with sidearms....

http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/201 ... rinted_gun

Might be interesting too to see what happens when more traditionally physical goods can be torrented.

[Chris H]

Insanely crazy times ahead gents...I might just go and print my dinner....

I posted up the gun printing youtubes a while back on another forum in the USA. The whole issue raises a lot of questions about the law and legislation being left way behind by the pace of change.
he first of a 3 part youtube series by the maker of the guns.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddRTx-659nQ

.....i think I'll just go to the print room and print some money.

[jkhuri44]

if the cellular structure of printed food , ever becomes identical to the real thing, that would be such a plus for ethical animal product consumption....and down the line, genetically modifying meat to reduce or eliminate its negative health effects would be awesome.

I do predict angry cattle farming industries

[chris p]

Guns? naaah. Can I print me a set of Pultec EQ's?

Actually 3D printing technology can almost do nano circuitry, so its not beyond possible. The amazing thing is that they have printed a replacement sciatic rat nerve (using rat cells), grafted it in place of a damaged one and lo and behold - rat back in business! Yep, that's an actual live rat. Can't do spinal columns yet, but getting closer .....

Basic organ replacement in 5 years or so, they say (human trials already underway!), starting with cartilage for damaged knees inserted by keyhole surgery.

Scary and exciting imaging the world my daughter will live in.

[The Tasmanian]

A kinder use for 3D printers:
http://www.treehugger.com/natural-scien ... again.html