The Hoff
The iphone phone and the clock look like illistrations not 3D printed units.
Sculpteo Team
Very cool list, and it really shows the diversity of what you can create with 3D printing. At Sculpteo, we receive all kind of projects for us to 3D print, from architecture models to sculptures, figurines and more and more tools and final objects.
The increase in the number of materials available lets also think that we will see even more innovations coming from 3D printing in the next months.
Bruce Hudson
I wonder if it would be possible to air-drop units into a desert of sand that could construct mini oases. I am thinking of a clear dome with a moisture harvesting system and a few seeds to start mini eco systems. Probably too difficult to fuse sand into glass but perhaps a solar powered mechanism could build something that would work. They would probably destroyed by marauders. Dreaming again!
Dawar Saify
I would like it to be used to build Klein bottles and impossible structures like the infinite stairs.
Dave Andrews
I wish there were more manufacturers out there creating full-color 3D printers. Z-Corp's Z Printer 650 is an amazing machine, but it's highly expensive because it has no competition. The concept of the color 3D printer is simple, just lay down the powdered material and spray it with an inkjet printer, yet only one single company is doing it.
We need more full-color 3D printers, and ones that can use a variety of base materials, including clear/transparent ones.
Tyler Hall
Here are some interesting designs- possibly now more testable?
http://www.google.com/search?q=schauberger&hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&rlz=1I7HPNN_en&prmd=imvnsb&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=Pj9WT8niIImDtge5ucSMCQ&ved=0CEcQsAQ&biw=1165&bih=554
wle
it;s fine if all you want is 'pictures of things' instead of 'the real things'
they can;t print steel very limited print media weak plastic
wle
IBuilt
wle - your post is a typical loser post, just what we all needed. Go get a dose of positive! These are a little more than pictures and is the infant stage of exciting new, (a decade plus) technology. So go post yr loser comments somewhere else please. I am mostly jealous I do not have access to it ....... yet. Go you tech boffins - I love you all.
wle
print a car then wle
Gerard58
I personally think this will have the same effect as electricity, radio, TV and the internet when they first came on the scene, once they prefect the engineering side of this simple process that has a very complicated CAD side to it.
There are two different processes for steel and plastics. On the plastics side, it is moving very fast, the other side there still seem a lot to do. However, the results are the same. I have no doubt that in time all modern processes will use 3D. On the medical front as an example, you could link this into a 3D X-Ray of a patient and any part or mould to the exact dimensions could be made, without opening the patient. This alone will help there recover, as only one operation would be required for the fitting of the implant, all work could be planned and done on the 3D template made of whatever material is required.
Gerard.