no bones about it, a printer makes bones.

[woodsmoke]

well.....really ... a "3-D" printer.....what we USED TO CALL a 3D CAD system and model carver.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15963467

woodsmoke

[blobfish]

Re: no bones about it, a printer makes bones.

I wonder how much the cartridges cost

[oshunluvr]

Re: no bones about it, a printer makes bones.

I wonder how much the cartridges cost

...uhhh, an ARM AND A LEG!

I couldn't resist... 8)

[SteveRiley]

Re: no bones about it, a printer makes bones.

3D printing is a form of additive manufacturing. I've been following its development with some interest. A RepRap is a variation you can construct yourself. If you then instruct your RepRap to make a RepRapRepRap, you've now got your very own self-replicating machine. To ponder this much longer will, I think, blow my mind...

[oshunluvr]

Re: no bones about it, a printer makes bones.

So if you programmed your RapRap to replicate itself on a slightly smaller scale - say 80%, and then continued the process long enough, you would eventually have a RapRap too small to see!

Ponder that one...

[woodsmoke]

Re: no bones about it, a printer makes bones.

Reading the above comments has caused me to consider the need for some slight refreshment to relieve the stress on my little brain!

woodsmoke