Re: TECH: 3D Printers == Santa Claus machines

From: Eugen Leitl (eugen@leitl.org)
Date: Fri Jan 10 2003 - 10:31:49 MST


On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Christian Weisgerber wrote:

> Otherwise the whole thing is thrown away.

Microlithoprinters using organic inks actually result in a flat, flexible
packet made from polymer with little or no toxic metal content. You can
just toss it into trash, where it will degrade or gets burned in trash
combustion ovens, resulting in energy production. Dual use.

Notice that production of this can be done on tiny rigs (at some point on
your desktop), and does not result in pollution and ridiculous energy
expediture.

A complete win/win. And a viable precursor to true nanolithoprinting.



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