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Rokenn · 09-29-2003, 05:40 PM

Want a PC this Xmas? Then print it
By Nick Easen for CNN
Sunday, September 28, 2003 Posted: 9:30 PM EDT (0130 GMT)

This prototype could spawn a new generation of 3D printers.

(CNN) -- Turning images on your PC into real-life computer chips with your home printer sounds like science fiction, yet the first prototype is already in operation.

Dubbed Santa Claus machines, these three dimensional printers "print" real objects instead of messages -- but never before have electronics been included in a product.

Soon fully assembled electric and electronic gadgets could be constructed in one go without having to add the components at great cost afterwards.

09-29-2003, 05:40 PM	#1
Rokenn Galvatron Join Date: January 22, 2002 Location: california wine country Age: 60 Posts: 2,193	Want a PC this Xmas? Then print it By Nick Easen for CNN Sunday, September 28, 2003 Posted: 9:30 PM EDT (0130 GMT) This prototype could spawn a new generation of 3D printers. (CNN) -- Turning images on your PC into real-life computer chips with your home printer sounds like science fiction, yet the first prototype is already in operation. Dubbed Santa Claus machines, these three dimensional printers "print" real objects instead of messages -- but never before have electronics been included in a product. Soon fully assembled electric and electronic gadgets could be constructed in one go without having to add the components at great cost afterwards. __________________ “This is an impressive crowd, the haves and the have mores. <br />Some people call you the elite. <br />I call you my base.”<br />~ George W. Bush (2000)