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$1500 3-D Printer! The future is here!
July 15, 2011
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Grant
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Now I know what I want for Christmas!

Their website: http://www.makerbot.com/
And: http://www.thingiverse.com/

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July 15, 2011
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Or, something more practical:

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July 15, 2011
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If you have the printer, you can download the files to build this lathe!

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July 15, 2011
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No matter where you go... there you are.

July 15, 2011
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July 15, 2011
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Larry L;11200 wrote:

Starting at $40K!

“There are painters who transform the sun into a yellow spot,
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transform a yellow spot into the sun.” ~ Pablo Picasso ~

July 15, 2011
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I love what this forecasts for our future.

Also, this totally reminds me of the days when a plotter was the best graphic printer there was with a machine actually drawing vectored lines on a stationary piece of paper. I had friends in High School who's Dad taught Computer Science at PCC in Portland, so they got to have a plotter to play with.

Something like this:
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All of this will only get smoother and better and they'll be able to use other materials, like aluminum or Copper eventually too. 😀

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Tim

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July 15, 2011
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A 3-D scanner to go with your 3-D printer:
http://www.sightlinescan.com/

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