From: ABlainey@aol.com
Date: Thu Jan 09 2003 - 13:11:07 MST
In a message dated 09/01/03 19:36:52 GMT Standard Time, bradbury@aeiveos.com
writes:
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> Well the clever folks up at Berkeley are trying to deliver
> Santa Claus machines without the need for "real" nanotech.
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> See:
> "Gadget printer" promises industrial revolution
> Duncan Graham-Rowe, Jan 3, 2003
> http://www.newscientist.com/news/print.jsp?id=ns99993238
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> 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.
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> Interesting, it means you could run the printer all night
> printing out palm-pilots and then go out the next day
> and use them for skeet practice.
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> R.
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This is an old idea that I have been following for a while.
http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/data/ray-23.10.01-001/
Its about time rapid prototyping machines and polytronic printing were
merged. I wonder how long it will be before you can print a Lambourghini
Diablo? <G> Does anyone know of a suitably strong, heat proof polymer that
could be printed into an engine?
Alex
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