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

From: Damien Broderick (thespike@earthlink.net)
Date: Thu Jan 09 2003 - 12:52:56 MST


Robert J. Bradbury:

> "Gadget printer" promises industrial revolution
> Duncan Graham-Rowe, Jan 3, 2003
> http://www.newscientist.com/news/print.jsp?id=ns99993238
>
> The interesting thing (at least to me) is that if something
> built this way breaks, there is no way in hell you are going
> to be able to fix it.

One interesting thing (at least to me) is that this buggers up Eliezer's
example of an impossible mental object (if I recall this correctly): a
triangular light bulb. Just print it and switch it on.

Damien Broderick



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