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Post by Energy Vampire on Jul 8, 2011 20:49:01 GMT -5
www.wimp.com/functionaltools/I would assume the issue is cost...probably cost like $500 in materials and energy to make that thing... at least I hope there's a flaw, otherwise we're all going to be replaced soon
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Post by marylandeer on Jul 9, 2011 11:07:49 GMT -5
That's pretty cool. I'd like to know how long the process actually takes. Toward the end of the video they said "and hour and a half ago" but I'd be surprised if it only took that long to scan, develope, and "print".
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Post by Kenneth on Jul 9, 2011 16:25:49 GMT -5
That's pretty cool. I am wondering how the scanner picks up the inner workings of the moving parts of the wrench.
Get back to me when it can serve me a hot cup of Earl Grey, though.
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Post by KingsoftheGridiron on Jul 9, 2011 16:51:43 GMT -5
A printer? Wrong board!
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Post by matt on Jul 9, 2011 19:21:50 GMT -5
Yeah, wrong board to the max.
Also, there was some sort of something almost like this years ago that I saw somewhere.
... I think it was presented as a Fax Machine that you could scan in an object (some widget piece or something) and fax the info anywhere in the world and it would "print" a model of it using some sort of glue and resin.
It wouldnt make "functional" tools or anything... just 3d objects....
Anyway, neato.
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Post by Kenneth on Jul 10, 2011 10:44:18 GMT -5
Man the mods are on top of things on this board. That's what makes this one of the best sites on the internet.
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Post by displacedeerfan on Jul 10, 2011 13:54:13 GMT -5
It does set us apart from the other boards Kenny.
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Post by HuffNfeffeR on Jul 11, 2011 8:29:59 GMT -5
That's pretty cool. I am wondering how the scanner picks up the inner workings of the moving parts of the wrench. Get back to me when it can serve me a hot cup of Earl Grey, though. I am not even going to add a comment. |
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Post by Energy Vampire on Jul 11, 2011 8:40:30 GMT -5
who is Earl Grey?
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Post by ratsafari on Jul 11, 2011 9:55:16 GMT -5
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Post by Energy Vampire on Jul 11, 2011 10:46:55 GMT -5
ah yes, i think he invented the dutch teapot
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Post by IMG Public Relations on Jul 11, 2011 11:36:35 GMT -5
He invented the Cleveland Steamer. |
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Post by matt on Jul 11, 2011 14:43:36 GMT -5
I'm beginning to think maybe this thread wasn't on the wrong board after all.
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Post by displacedeerfan on Jul 11, 2011 14:52:15 GMT -5
Hopefully the plans will be available in the back of a Popular Mechanics magazine.
I'll get right on it after my hovercraft and I finish that Sally Struthers Locksmith course.
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Post by Kenneth on Jul 11, 2011 15:12:06 GMT -5
Right, a message board full of people who don't get a Star Trek reference. That's believable.
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Post by Kenneth on Jul 11, 2011 15:13:11 GMT -5
Between this scanner and the InfraChef, I feel like we've leaped forward through about 25 years of technology in just a few days.
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Post by Energy Vampire on Jul 11, 2011 15:14:07 GMT -5
Its the series of tubes Kenny, they hold the key
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