[NA]3-D Printer. Way cool! [NA]

[Let'sgoflying!]

Watch right to the end when he actually uses the tool.

 

[Steve]

upsides and downsides

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...t-questions-as-3d-printing-comes-of-age.ars/3

 

[TangoWhiskey]

Thanks for sharing that, Dave. That totally blew me away.

 

[Jack Spectre]

I work in that industry (a competing company). It is very cool...anything I can draw in SolidWorks I can have on my desk in less than a day.

 

[Skip Miller]

Fascinating technology! They have to figure out how to get that printer to work in zero-G, though. That pan full of dust at the end would be everywhere.....

-Skip

 

[gil_mor]

That's pretty neat.
A while ago I was developing a software that would create a 3D image of teeth.
That was the hard part, the easy part was sending the data to a CNC machine and get back a solid jaw.

Moving parts on the other hand - is pretty darn impressive to me.