3D printed gun
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- chossy0
omg prints a gun. Looks down barrel and fires in his face, he blinds himself in one eye.
A company printed a safety leaflet warning him to not look down the barrel of the gun but omg thought they were taking away his freedom and liberties and trying to control him so he looked down the barrel.
I think this probably the kind of thing that would need to happen to you, omg, for you to even have a modicum of sense rattled into that thick skull of yours. I hope you do read safety leaflets etc. be safe out there and watch out for puddles as you could very well drown in them.
- bored2death0
We are certainly entering a new mechanical age of reproduction.
There will come a day when a perfect copy of any object is possible.
Where will value come from?
- yurimon0
Alot of what this is reminds me of 17th century france. when they banned buttons.
"Two of the most extreme examples of the suppression of innovation in France occurred shortly after the death of Colbert during the lengthy reign of Louis XIV. Button-making in France had been controlled by various guilds, depending on the material used, the most important part belonging to the cord and button makers' guild, who made cord buttons by hand. By the 1690s, tailors and dealers launched the innovation of weaving buttons from the material used in the garment. The outrage of the inefficient hand-button-makers brought the state leaping to their defense.
In the late 1690s, fines were imposed on the production, sale, and even the wearing of the new buttons, and the fines were continually increased. The local guild wardens even obtained the right to search people's houses and to arrest anyone in the street who wore the evil and illegal buttons. In a few years, however, the state and the hand-button-makers had to give up the fight, since everyone in France was using the new buttons."
source: http://mises.org/daily/4315
- I'm pretty sure that's what all of us were thinking.Fax_Benson
- moth0
But... but... can it print me a Cherry 2000?
I mean that would be proper useful.
- moth0
A gun has to suffer massive forces though right? What's the medium used to print? Surely a printed gun will fall apart?
- i_monk0
I remember reading an article (at dezeen or bldgblog, I thought, but Google isn't finding it) speculating that manufacturers will try to circumvent 3d printing by imprinting codes that will cause deformities when scanned. Furniture with tumours, that sort of thing.
- i think it same concept as virus. you will need like Nortons 3d printing virus scan...yurimon
- moth0
That'll be interesting. Sofa's with cancer.
- Beeswax0
What happened with software will eventually happen with hardware as well.
Combine this technology with Chip Printing http://phys.org/news2678.html
and people will begin sharing guides on to how to make your own cell phones.