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09-29-2003, 05:40 PM
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Galvatron
 Join Date: January 22, 2002
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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.
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09-29-2003, 06:07 PM
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John Locke
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Geez....next we'll hear about spaceships going the faster than the speed of light...
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09-29-2003, 08:21 PM
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Jack Burton
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wait wait.. what does that funny big printer do? i dont get the article.. making 3d images? like holograms? or like model houses?
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09-29-2003, 11:38 PM
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Neato, originally they were able to just cut Plastic out of light (see jurrasic park 3 for an example of one in action) but now I guess you can use them to just about mold anything, huh?
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09-30-2003, 05:10 AM
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I don't know how they work exacly but the idea is to 'print' in three dimensions. The object is created per layer, simply starting at the bottom. I think there are several ways to do this. I once saw it on tv with glue. They had a basin with a tiny layer of sand like material. The printer squirted a pattern of glue on the 'sand'. Then a new layer of sand was applied and the next pattern of glue. And so on. After a drying period they could pick up the shape they had created, shake of the loose sand and voila! A 'printed' 3d object. [edit] typo [ 09-30-2003, 05:11 AM: Message edited by: Deejax ]
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09-30-2003, 11:54 AM
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