3D printing just got impressive. (1 Viewer)

[Gromett]

Up till now the DIY 3D printing hasn't impressed me too much. The output has been a bit rough and setting the devices up was too hit and miss to be useful.

However, nano 3D printing has just got better and more importantly faster. This is seriously impressive tech and I can see many many uses for this. Exciting stuff?

http://singularityhub.com/2013/03/1...-of-a-human-hair-hello-nanoscribe-3d-printer/

 

[ShiftZZ]

Cost?

 

[JJ]

OMG.

I do not think my GN2 can do that yet.

I am emailing Samsung for an upgrade.

JJ:Cool:

 

[Gromett]

Cost?

Don't know but usually with technology it starts expensive and only available to a few but as time goes on it will get cheaper and cheaper.

I can't see this being available to consumers for a long time but I guess within a couple of years you will be able to email them your design and get it printed and shipped back to you pretty quickly.

Maybe shops in the future will have a vending machine style system. perhaps like photo shops used to be?

Dunno but the fact it can be done now so quickly is seriously impressive.

 

[wivvy's dad]

But is is art......?

Or artifice.....?

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[Terry]

Saw a show yesterday and the cost was in hundreds rather than thousands :thumb: cannot remember show/what I watched oh:
terry

 

[Gromett]

Saw a show yesterday and the cost was in hundreds rather than thousands :thumb: cannot remember show/what I watched oh:
terry

I think that would have been for the normal scale 3D printers I referred to initially. The nano scale 3d printers are likely to be 10's if not 100's of thousands initially.

 

[mitzimad]

i was listening to the radio the other day and they were watching a new 3d printer that prints using gold paste which is then amalgamated into gold by a laser it will be used to produce bespoke jewelry at mass produced prices

 

[jhorsf]

OK Karl are you impressed now?

http://www.designboom.com/technology/3d-printed-organs-from-regenerative-living-cells/

 

[magicsurfbus]

They're already being used to manufacture gun parts that by-pass US gun laws - as if they actually needed any more guns in the States..

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[Jaws]

Well next time I need something made that is 20 uM in size I know where to go !! :thumb:

 

[bigfoot]

As for cost,if it follows the pattern of 2D printers the 'mixture' will be dearer than the printer.