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Pweller
Jan 25, 2006

Whatever whateva.
Using your RepRap for B&E,
http://gizmodo.com/5807191/how-to-print-keys-to-any-lock

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Pweller
Jan 25, 2006

Whatever whateva.
http://gizmodo.com/5809662/bikinis-made-from-3d+printers-are-custom-fit-for-each-womans-curve/gallery/1

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This bikini, called the N12, is the world's first 3D-printed bikini. It's a sexy design that uses small discs held together by springs. The cool thing is that the designerss want to use women's body scans to create perfect fitting bikinis.

Pweller
Jan 25, 2006

Whatever whateva.
You guys with printers, how much $ worth of plastic would you say is used to make the previous bottle or the blue spirally shotglass thing?

I'm just kind of curious after the initial machine purchase, what kind of costs go into actually printing stuff. Can you go batshit printing 24-7 for pennies or should you probably be picking and choosing when to print, etc.

How much worth of plastic would it be to start printing pairs of funky lensless sunglasses for example?

Pweller
Jan 25, 2006

Whatever whateva.

Obsurveyor posted:

edit: Bringing that poo poo into space is kind of a dumb idea. At least from the Earth. You have to bring the hardware and more material than the tool itself. I am not trying to say the technology is dumb or anything but it is the wrong application for this. Coming up with something that can turn moon dust or Martian rock into the material to produce tools would be a big thing though.

I'm assuming the idea for space would be for making whatever parts you needed a la Apollo 13 without having to be restricted to a toilet paper roll, paperclip, and whatever other random MacGuyver crap they scrounged up.

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