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Post by krimzon on Jul 14, 2011 15:35:50 GMT -5
^ Pretty much
Edit: UGH I DID IT AGAIN
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Post by Komori on Jul 14, 2011 15:43:28 GMT -5
:3 There's actually a great site where you can have your own 3D designs printed in ceramic, plastic, glass, pewter, and other materials: www.shapeways.com/I bought my sis some dice from one of their sellers a few months ago; the results are really fantastic. Oh, and there's a small-scale 3D printer you could buy from MakerBot for $1,200 ( store.makerbot.com/makerbot-thing-o-matic.html), or if you're a DIYer, you can make their CupCake CNC for about $700: wiki.makerbot.com/cupcake |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2011 15:55:08 GMT -5
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Post by Omni on Jul 14, 2011 21:13:24 GMT -5
Holy narwhals. My mind has been blown into thousands of pieces. I wonder if it could scan a drawing that was so good that it would print out an actual 3d model of what's in the drawing. I'm kind of scared of it. o__o Uh... No. I don't mean to be rude or anything, but 3D scanners/images simply don't work that way. Scanning a picture on a paper is likely to just give you something with roughly the texture of paper. I saw something similar with 3D pictures laser-ingrained in transparent cubes. You could do the image of a photo taken before, but unless a picture was taken with a 3D camera, the ingrained image would be flat. Though I wouldn't be surprised if you could build something in a 3D program and then print it for instant prototyping. |
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Post by Jacob on Jul 15, 2011 5:32:50 GMT -5
And here I thought I wouldn't care to read into this story. I'm glad I decided to check it out anyway. The applications of this are vast, though will it really be a part of everyday activity? I think we need to worry about making better schools and teachers before we can make this publicly accessible. Yes, I'm going to be your Debbie Downer today.  |
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Post by Omni on Jul 15, 2011 12:09:50 GMT -5
I think we need to worry about making better schools and teachers before we can make this publicly accessible. Yes, I'm going to be your Debbie Downer today. I'd reply to that, but I think we'd need to make a Discussions and Debates thread first.  |
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Post by Komori on Jul 15, 2011 21:26:59 GMT -5
I think we need to worry about making better schools and teachers before we can make this publicly accessible. What do you mean? It is publicly accessible; you can buy a 3D printer for $1,200. Not cheap, sure, but that's definitely what I'd call public! XD It will probably never be an item desirable for the average consumer, but it's certainly a nice item to have for those interested in design. In fact, it would probably reach a similar niche like the Cintiq. |
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Post by Yoyti on Jul 15, 2011 21:33:27 GMT -5
3D printing is actually pretty old news. I went on a tour of a 3D printing facility last year, and I met the guy who made the 17x17x17 rubiks cube, made with 3D printing. You design the pieces on a 3D rendering program, and the printer works from that. It's pretty cool, and according to a physicist who really scares me, these should be available pretty cheap in the next decade or so. Although I'm not sure how much I trust him.
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Post by Komori on Jul 15, 2011 21:35:23 GMT -5
It's pretty cool, and according to a physicist who really scares me, these should be available pretty cheap in the next decade or so. Although I'm not sure how much I trust him. *feels somewhat ignored* $1,200 doesn't count as "pretty cheap?" >.> And they're only $700 if you're handy with construction. |
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Post by Killix on Jul 16, 2011 6:45:20 GMT -5
$1,000+ isn't cheap. XD
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Post by Pacmanite on Jul 16, 2011 7:48:04 GMT -5
My guess is that the "ink" cartridges would be pretty expensive, too. (Even regular 2D printers tend to gouge you on the ink, but at least you can buy counterfeit inks for a fraction of the price, whereas the formula for this special resin is patented). But considering how freaking cool this personalised 3D printer concept is, I think it'll be awesome to see these things at work in universities and in commercial design studios and stuff.
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Post by M is for Morphine on Jul 16, 2011 8:02:22 GMT -5
It's comparatively cheap. I mean, it's on the 'conceivably buyable by people who don't work in fabrication' level. There is a workshop around here where you can come in and work on their high end prototype printer, use their laser cutter, etc. Membership there costs $1,200 a month. The high end printers like the one shown in the OP probably cost around $100,000. The price goes up and down alongside the quality. Considering how much the simplest of prototypers used to cost even a decade ago, it's an astounding price drop. To the people who want to make their art in 3D, you could try basing a sculpture off of your picture and then scanning it. You can Make a scanner at home. You can use this freeware to convert the information into a model. I bought my sis some dice from one of their sellers a few months ago; the results are really fantastic. Awesome, you did buy them! Have you played with them, or they just for display? |
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Post by Komori on Jul 16, 2011 18:22:48 GMT -5
I bought my sis some dice from one of their sellers a few months ago; the results are really fantastic. Awesome, you did buy them! Have you played with them, or they just for display? We rolled them around a while on my sister's birthday, but they've since gone into her massive dice collection, which sits on a shelf. They seem pretty solid, though. I got them made in stainless steel, and they've got a nice rolling weight, so I could totally see playing with them. (Though admittedly, the only game we ever played that required dice was the Neopets TCG. >.>) XD No, it's not. But it's pretty cheap, all things considered. It's a specialty item, like a Cintiq or a tablet PC for the digital artist, or an animation disk/capture stand for animators, or a high-end SLR camera for photographers... Not some casual item you can pick up at your local Best Buy next to the iPads, but something useful for certain people. At least it's outside the realm of "only available if you have a company and a factory and $10,000+." |
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Post by Yoyti on Jul 21, 2011 22:25:28 GMT -5
XD No, it's not. But it's pretty cheap, all things considered. It's a specialty item, like a Cintiq or a tablet PC for the digital artist, or an animation disk/capture stand for animators, or a high-end SLR camera for photographers... Not some casual item you can pick up at your local Best Buy next to the iPads, but something useful for certain people. At least it's outside the realm of "only available if you have a company and a factory and $10,000+." Well, these will probably become items that you can by at your local best buy. You know Michio Kaku? He's a physicist who has predicted the next one hundred years with what he's said is about eighty-five percent accurate. He predicts that in the next century, science fiction will become nonexistent, because it will all mostly be realistic, except, perhaps, for aliens. And it starts with really expensive computing equipment and stuff like the 3D printer becoming items that your average person will have in his house. Our current printers will be like what cell phones are to smart phones. (Everyone will know how to use a 3D modeling program too, or else it will be made easier to model). Old greyscale printers will become antiques. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2011 22:48:59 GMT -5
My mind = blown. xDDDDDDDDDDDD
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