3d printing creepy but cool

check this out

 

Seen that vide the other day....absolutely flippin amazing.

That's amazing!

yep, incredible stuff. There's a cheaper, less-sophisticated, more-DIY one called MakerBot, too: 

that is mind bottling!

star trek replicator is almost here.  Always wanted one of those

Yeah.... at work we have a 3D printer in one of our R&D labs for rapid prototyping.  For show and tell, they have a bike chain, crescent wrench, and one of those litte puzzles where you slide the squares around, all printed in one piece and fully functional. 

We (Medtronic) also use a 3D printer at one of our other sites where we build custom plates for repairing traumatic skull injuries.  The printer is used to make a full scale replica of the fractured skull so the doctor knows exactly how the plates and the skull will line up before ever going into surgery. 

Really game changing technology.

That is the coolest thing ive ever seen!!!!! Imagine what you can do with that...........hmmmmmmmm

bOING bOING is really into 3d printers. They have nearly daily posts on them.

 

 Amazing.  "Beam me up Scotty"