I was thinking of all the new inventors there will be out there from this. All those ideas we have rolling around in our heads, we could actually make our own parts and create. This is just awesome, I would buy one, if affordable.
Wow, 3D printing is grossly overrated. Why would an intelligent engineer attempt to build a bicycle to demonstrate a 3D printers capability. They even used words like "conventional bike". Haha, these guys are nothing but 3D drafters, with no working knowledge of metalurgy and the benfits of using metals. The advantage in 3d printing would have been better portrayed if they designed and printed a plastic chain guard for a real bike within 3 hours and be able to ride the bike the same day. Its all about the ability to manufacture or produce something in a short amount of time. These guys tried too hard, went in the wrong direction with 3D printing, and clueless people are first to "ohhh, ahhh" at the discusion of 3d printing. Would you ride that bike? Neither would I..., the headset was loose, the gearing slipped constantly, and the geometry was that of an akward kids folding bike. I ride and maintain a fixed gear bicycle. I know every part of a bicycle. No plastic bicycle will ever compare. We need to up the ability to form plastic parts like bearings with extreme hardness and precision. The bearings that are placed in modern bicycles are often no more than 25 millionths of an inch different in diameter. Thats how steel bearings and races can perform so smoothly and uniformly. That information would have been easily found within a day if these guys did proper research after brainstorming that theyd make a bike. 3D printing is largley a fad in the maker culture.
I think it's more about pushing the limits of materials and usability of 3D printing in real-scale models; The general contribution to technology and development is not about making a bike, because it could have easily been anything else. What we have to learn from these experiments is that this kind of technology offers the chance to produce highly complex programmed shapes (like fractals) or other types that can be only achieved through printing and not conventional building because of their complicated mathematical and physical shape. Shapes where their morphogenetic flow and information exist "within" and have some sort of mathematical procedure, like the patterns in sunflowers or a romanesco broccoli are much better produced with this kind of technology (or even impossible with other technology). It is obvious that it looks stupid to print bikes without any innovation and it's also inefficient. At this point the only innovation is the printed material and its structure so the test is not the stupid; because if you try to understand the material you start with building classical shapes that are easy to understand and to test. So I hope the guys are not just playing around.
As the technology currently sits, yes, it's less practical to print a bike than to build one, but the advantages are several: while the printer itself is expensive, the parts that come out of it are phenomenally inexpensive; printed items can be customized; and you can make almost literally anything with a 3D printer. The bicycle may as well have been "flip through the dictionary and tell me when to stop". I recently got a FDM-type printer, and I actually have plans to use parts made in it in combination with more traditionally-manufactured hardware. That's where I think the technology is really going to shine right now.
they do make carbon fiber race bikes for the tour de france and high end cyclist events, carbon fiber is a plastic they also use it in race cars and jet fighters.... just saying
WOW, very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very cool stuff! With these printers getting better and better your imagination is the limit! I hear now we are actually starting to print entire organs with 3D cell printers. Really glad I am growing up in this time period.
Printing a bicycle and riding it. This technology is fascinating! It's only the year 2012 and I have an estimated 60 years left on this Earth. Time will tell what else innovators can come up with.
The first airplanes were built in bicycle shops using tools and equipment for making bikes, it's only fitting that this aircraft shop builds a bike using equipment made for rapid prototyping of experimental aircraft parts.
amazing, im only 22 but while watching this i feel like im going through some inventionception loop in my mind where im imagining what it must have been like for people to get introduced to the internet decades ago and feel the potential and how old that feels to me and then imagining some 20 year old 40 years down the road imagining me experiencing this imagining them experiencing that etcetc lol
This is really the future, we were amazed as kids by being able to print out stuff on simple paper. In the future, you see some toys you want you download a plan and print it out :D Makes me feel a bit old haha.
I saw that. The printed part was very light and porous, and they put it in some chamber with the brass. The printed parts absorbed the brass like a sponge absorbing water, and voila, there's your fancy brass door handles. But that's not the only way to do it.
I work closely with a Formula One team, who use 3D printing to quickly manufacture slightly varying components for the front and rear wings on the cars. These are produced and tested on their wind-tunnel model to made small improvements to wind-resistance of the cars... and the parts are immensely strong.
I think that this technology is really going to take off fast. The ability to make anything you want is very appealing, and the reason why it hasn't went mainstream is because of cost and expertise. As soon as they make a cheap 3d printer with user friendly software it will take off.
Cool technology! Nice to see the Manufacturing method in its' early stages. I imagine in 20 years it will be cranking out essentially anything imagined. This looks like the early stages of conjuring things that appear in a specific area, sort of like transporting. They are already doing organics with the 3D stem cell creations... Interesting times indeed.
Yes! I actually saw a 3D printer that was assembled with parts printed from a 3D printer. That brings up the question like the chicken and the egg; which came first, the 3D printer or the parts printed on the 3D printer?
There's got to be a start somewhere, those iPhones, computer and other electronic gadgets we are using these days don't just suddenly materialise out of thin air! There have been trials and experiments before we got here. I think this is rather impressive, I can't wait to see what else will happen in the future with help of science.
Actually, no. There's the one that uses a laser to sinter the fine metallic bits together in the printer itself. Then there's one that uses an adhesive the glue the particles together, then your printed object is heated in a special oven, and the metallic particles are sintered together in there. Just last night I saw one which uses three streams of helium to carry the particles, and uses a laser to melt them before they impact the target, so that the target is being hit by a fine metallic mist.
I was once thinking about an all wooden bike or wheel and I came to the conclusion that spherical bearings were pretty involved and would have weak points because of grain. Cylinder style bearings between 2 surfaces would work and you could align it so its not weak.
you don't need to build everything out of wood. the bearings can be metal while the frame can be wood. you can buy the bearings at any bike shop. the problem however is that wood does not flex so it could crack and break if you hit a bump in speed.
According to some definitions, we are already in the Third Industrial Revolution. The first one was the steam machines, the second one was the internal combustion and the third one are the computers, 3D printers, cellphones, etc.
People saying that it is not practical or too expensive: If you compare the printouts with easy, common structures (which is for example needed in the bike), then yes. But where is shines are non-mass-produced objects and geometries. Check out the printed model plane on newScientist (where they used an internal structure which is too expensive to produce, if you don't grow it inside of the object). Plus: No one prevents you from printing stuff like internal circuitry inside the object.
Depends on what type of material you are using. If its a thermoplastic, like polypropilene (PP), you can melt it and reuse again. In FDM fused deposition Molding, that is very possible, but they are using SLA and i think that epoxy is not recyclable. Cheers
actually you can the reprap is a 3d printer that can reproduce the majority of its parts electronics and motors need to be purchased obviously and some steel bars are needed for support but the original idea was an open source printer project that one could build with a kit and then reproduce the kit and build another one for a friend. The project was to make 3d printing more mainstream
I assume you're not an engineer. This video is just a bit of fun, testing the limits, trying to see if you can print a bicycle. This is however not what 3d printers are primarily for. They are for rapid prototyping, one-offs, architecture models and the like. 3d printers are already used quite extensively and successfully. Traditional manufacturing methods are, and will be for the foreseeable future, much more practical for mass production.
Considering the cost of the nylon powder, I'd say this bike cost quite a bit more than the ones you could get from Walmart. Shapeways (Who has to mark up the cost for the service as well) charges roughly $1.80 per cubic centimeter. This would cost several thousand dollars through their service. It's a great demonstration of the material and the process, but it's not yet an economical way of producing anything besides prototypes.
I've found a company in San Francisco. They are selling a printer for just 1,200 bucks! That's amazing. I think they are called Type A Machines or something like that. This technology is closer than we think! Cheers.
As far as you want. The US military have been spending billions on metal 3D printers to go in the back of a transport truck enabling them to print any part, a new bolt for a rifle or a new head for the hummer it all comes out the truck. So the logistics chain only requires fuel, ammo food and the powder to run the printer. I think in a few years we will see 3D printing shops everywhere replacing outlet stores. This could be the next game changing tech.
100 years? try 3-5. They are talking about 3-d printing bio-tech stuff for transplants. You can already 3d print metals as well as abs grade plastics. This industry is revolutionary and will be like computers in general. It will be a snowball effect, gaining traction and growing in size but most importantly the speed of new things is going to be incredible!
As an environmentalist, and bicycle rider, and seeing the covered bicycle, recombinants, electric bikes, wheelchair electric bicycles etc, I feel a "slower way to go" will end up compared to traffic jams today, the fastest way to get home once gas is no more and streets are for all types of alternative transportation...3 cheers
3D printers will definitely be common. There will be people who post the CAD files or whatever format they end up using online because just for the fun of it, they make them and make the information free. 3D printers will change the world once they get good enough to get in homes or even in stores. Imagine not having to spend money on shipping stuff from China. Just go to the store, select the product you want and it prints it out for you. A smaller version will be in your home.
as far as im concerned, i honestly think this is the most exciting and revolutionary invention to come for my generation, more than smart phones even because once 3d printers become more and more commercially available and affordable and the digital stuff is worked out, you might one day be able to print your own damn smart phone (although i dont see apple getting too much into that lol control freaks-im not an apple hater, love my iphone)
He can ride. The reason it's wobbling around as he rides is the design of the bike. He still not getting used to riding the new bike so it happens. If he can't ride, the bike won't even go on two wheels.
The first computers cost millions, drew so much power an entire city's lights dimmed every time the thing was turned on, and was less powerful than a cell phone. The price will come down.
This is pretty exciting artistically. Imagine people making their own sculptures, figures and that sort of artwork. They paint it up. It becomes a craft. Technology is what you make of it. Some people are quick to shoot holes at it. Need any of us bring up affordable and efficient electricity? Good time, good creativity, and a good purpose.
In the future you torrent a car and print it. Besides that this is amazing and groundbreaking and makes me proud to be an engineer but now I feel compelled to go out and do something amazing as well.
the difference between this people making the bicycle and the weapons recoil holder is that the bicycle requires big parts... there are no big 3d printers yet... so its a bit hard...and its being made with stuff that tends to get hard... the americans do a plastic recoil holder(yes its harder)
Ah man, .. no one ever thought of that one... If you want to do that, .. you need multiple printers or interchangeable print materials and heads that happen automatically.
But how expensive are the materials used for printing? thats the question,and how much effort to print out things that need to be of a certain material, like copper wires, or fiber optic cables?
Brilliant its great to be watching this stuff at the beginning in a few years time we shall take it all for granted, makes the mind boggle as to what will be available, well done gentlemen you are true Pioneers in building our future. best wishes, Andy
This will cost jobs when you take production from factories and put it in homes. By the way, you can already "print" some kinds of food & pastries with this technology by replacing the nylon injectors with gelatin/dough packs and food dyes. There is also the potential for "pirating" toy and textile products. As soon as someone makes a scan & the "3D blueprint" is available online and can be downloaded input it into a CAD & there you go. Just like music is now.
Man, could be THAT easy! Here i see good potential for bone prothesis, in new biocompatible materials and more precise and personalized "parts", even small ones. It seems scaffolding wounds with 3d tecnology has already been done, and maybe will be an huge step for heavy-burn treatment. But from there to growing back arms is still a long way up, at least in my opinion
Well, it forms solid objects, so it can be used to build the barrel and things like that, and even though it is rather fragile, with enough thickness it can be acceptable for a gun, but it cannot make the bullet...or the springs, and things of that sort still, great technology...hope it becomes cheaper and a little more rigid
What if you print a 3D printer half the size of the original, than the small one prints another one half the size. How small can you get the printers after a bunch of printing?
Yeah, its really easy to feel a sort of elation over the endless possibilities of this advancing technology. But then you gotta remember that at the moment it only makes plastic products. So, screw? sure. Car? Eh, you'd probably still need gas/fuel. Pillow? more like a tough head block. When we can use elements in a broader range and construct items by the atom up, then we can see printable pillows. But this is just really precise lasers melting plastic, so it's not all that grand atm.
Let's build a 3d printer with a 3d printer
+Kirigaya Kazuto That's the whole point of the RepRap project
They have those, for real! It's helped the cost of personal 3D printers decrease dramatically over the last few years.
Why was he just randomly walking around the back of an airport?
Because yolo
How a lovely design!
can i print a girlfriend?
I was thinking of all the new inventors there will be out there from this. All those ideas we have rolling around in our heads, we could actually make our own parts and create. This is just awesome, I would buy one, if affordable.
Be afraid woman and treat us good now or very soon you will be replace with a 3D one.lol
I'm crying because I've never seen this before. It's incredible!
Wow, 3D printing is grossly overrated. Why would an intelligent engineer attempt to build a bicycle to demonstrate a 3D printers capability. They even used words like "conventional bike". Haha, these guys are nothing but 3D drafters, with no working knowledge of metalurgy and the benfits of using metals. The advantage in 3d printing would have been better portrayed if they designed and printed a plastic chain guard for a real bike within 3 hours and be able to ride the bike the same day. Its all about the ability to manufacture or produce something in a short amount of time. These guys tried too hard, went in the wrong direction with 3D printing, and clueless people are first to "ohhh, ahhh" at the discusion of 3d printing. Would you ride that bike? Neither would I..., the headset was loose, the gearing slipped constantly, and the geometry was that of an akward kids folding bike. I ride and maintain a fixed gear bicycle. I know every part of a bicycle. No plastic bicycle will ever compare. We need to up the ability to form plastic parts like bearings with extreme hardness and precision. The bearings that are placed in modern bicycles are often no more than 25 millionths of an inch different in diameter. Thats how steel bearings and races can perform so smoothly and uniformly. That information would have been easily found within a day if these guys did proper research after brainstorming that theyd make a bike. 3D printing is largley a fad in the maker culture.
It's depressing to see such ignorance portrayed as cutting edge. But I'm all for them learning. I would love a printed chain guard too!
I think it's more about pushing the limits of materials and usability of 3D printing in real-scale models; The general contribution to technology and development is not about making a bike, because it could have easily been anything else. What we have to learn from these experiments is that this kind of technology offers the chance to produce highly complex programmed shapes (like fractals) or other types that can be only achieved through printing and not conventional building because of their complicated mathematical and physical shape. Shapes where their morphogenetic flow and information exist "within" and have some sort of mathematical procedure, like the patterns in sunflowers or a romanesco broccoli are much better produced with this kind of technology (or even impossible with other technology). It is obvious that it looks stupid to print bikes without any innovation and it's also inefficient. At this point the only innovation is the printed material and its structure so the test is not the stupid; because if you try to understand the material you start with building classical shapes that are easy to understand and to test. So I hope the guys are not just playing around.
As the technology currently sits, yes, it's less practical to print a bike than to build one, but the advantages are several: while the printer itself is expensive, the parts that come out of it are phenomenally inexpensive; printed items can be customized; and you can make almost literally anything with a 3D printer. The bicycle may as well have been "flip through the dictionary and tell me when to stop".
I recently got a FDM-type printer, and I actually have plans to use parts made in it in combination with more traditionally-manufactured hardware. That's where I think the technology is really going to shine right now.
they do make carbon fiber race bikes for the tour de france and high end cyclist events, carbon fiber is a plastic they also use it in race cars and jet fighters.... just saying
WOW, very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very cool stuff!
With these printers getting better and better your imagination is the limit!
I hear now we are actually starting to print entire organs with 3D cell printers. Really glad I am growing up in this time period.
Printing a bicycle and riding it. This technology is fascinating! It's only the year 2012 and I have an estimated 60 years left on this Earth. Time will tell what else innovators can come up with.
it can print out mechanisms with moving parts ready to use and no assembly required, its pretty amazing.
Was expecting more of an awesome bicycle but u know that technology Is great in the right hands
I'm going to have to get a 3D printer soon. It will be a lot better than drilling and shaping plastic cutting boards for my 12V projects.
The first airplanes were built in bicycle shops using tools and equipment for making bikes, it's only fitting that this aircraft shop builds a bike using equipment made for rapid prototyping of experimental aircraft parts.
This printer has extremely high potential. You could build almost everything out of pieces
His helmet made me wonder, why not use 3d printers to create helmets with micro air bubble throughout to decrease that chances of concussions?
Give them more time with R&D,this bike will be awesome. My suggestion- offer gearing options in the future! Can't wait to see how this develops!
amazing, im only 22 but while watching this i feel like im going through some inventionception loop in my mind where im imagining what it must have been like for people to get introduced to the internet decades ago and feel the potential and how old that feels to me and then imagining some 20 year old 40 years down the road imagining me experiencing this imagining them experiencing that etcetc lol
This is really the future, we were amazed as kids by being able to print out stuff on simple paper.
In the future, you see some toys you want you download a plan and print it out :D Makes me feel a bit old haha.
I saw that. The printed part was very light and porous, and they put it in some chamber with the brass. The printed parts absorbed the brass like a sponge absorbing water, and voila, there's your fancy brass door handles.
But that's not the only way to do it.
I work closely with a Formula One team, who use 3D printing to quickly manufacture slightly varying components for the front and rear wings on the cars. These are produced and tested on their wind-tunnel model to made small improvements to wind-resistance of the cars... and the parts are immensely strong.
I think that this technology is really going to take off fast. The ability to make anything you want is very appealing, and the reason why it hasn't went mainstream is because of cost and expertise. As soon as they make a cheap 3d printer with user friendly software it will take off.
3D printers using a powder source material are the best I've seen so far.
Cool technology! Nice to see the Manufacturing method in its' early stages. I imagine in 20 years it will be cranking out essentially anything imagined. This looks like the early stages of conjuring things that appear in a specific area, sort of like transporting. They are already doing organics with the 3D stem cell creations... Interesting times indeed.
i can imagine an app store for this.....different toys available....prototype models available for you to print at home...amazing....:D
That is essentially the entire idea behind the RepRap project, where you can print the parts needed for a duplicate printer.
Yes! I actually saw a 3D printer that was assembled with parts printed from a 3D printer. That brings up the question like the chicken and the egg; which came first, the 3D printer or the parts printed on the 3D printer?
Agreed - and the geometry is weird too which is why he's having such a problem going straight. Still I'd try, if I had access to printers like that.
There's got to be a start somewhere, those iPhones, computer and other electronic gadgets we are using these days don't just suddenly materialise out of thin air! There have been trials and experiments before we got here. I think this is rather impressive, I can't wait to see what else will happen in the future with help of science.
Actually, no. There's the one that uses a laser to sinter the fine metallic bits together in the printer itself.
Then there's one that uses an adhesive the glue the particles together, then your printed object is heated in a special oven, and the metallic particles are sintered together in there.
Just last night I saw one which uses three streams of helium to carry the particles, and uses a laser to melt them before they impact the target, so that the target is being hit by a fine metallic mist.
this is the start of something that could lead to greatness , just wish i could afford such a thing in the home
I was once thinking about an all wooden bike or wheel and I came to the conclusion that spherical bearings were pretty involved and would have weak points because of grain. Cylinder style bearings between 2 surfaces would work and you could align it so its not weak.
you don't need to build everything out of wood. the bearings can be metal while the frame can be wood. you can buy the bearings at any bike shop.
the problem however is that wood does not flex so it could crack and break if you hit a bump in speed.
According to some definitions, we are already in the Third Industrial Revolution. The first one was the steam machines, the second one was the internal combustion and the third one are the computers, 3D printers, cellphones, etc.
there are small printers that sell for about 500 called a solidoodle, it can print things in an 6x6x6 inch box. actually pretty cool
People saying that it is not practical or too expensive:
If you compare the printouts with easy, common structures (which is for example needed in the bike), then yes.
But where is shines are non-mass-produced objects and geometries. Check out the printed model plane on newScientist (where they used an internal structure which is too expensive to produce, if you don't grow it inside of the object).
Plus: No one prevents you from printing stuff like internal circuitry inside the object.
As a proof of concept this is pretty cool. This will open the doors for some even more interesting designs for more mundane items.
Depends on what type of material you are using. If its a thermoplastic, like polypropilene (PP), you can melt it and reuse again. In FDM fused deposition Molding, that is very possible, but they are using SLA and i think that epoxy is not recyclable.
Cheers
was highly expecting this to crumble to dust when he sat on it!
actually you can the reprap is a 3d printer that can reproduce the majority of its parts electronics and motors need to be purchased obviously and some steel bars are needed for support but the original idea was an open source printer project that one could build with a kit and then reproduce the kit and build another one for a friend. The project was to make 3d printing more mainstream
I assume you're not an engineer.
This video is just a bit of fun, testing the limits, trying to see if you can print a bicycle. This is however not what 3d printers are primarily for. They are for rapid prototyping, one-offs, architecture models and the like. 3d printers are already used quite extensively and successfully.
Traditional manufacturing methods are, and will be for the foreseeable future, much more practical for mass production.
the guy in the thumbnail pic. cheer up guy!! you're on youtube a million views!!!
Scientists gave us a brilliant invention, now the creativity is up to us :) Can't wait to get one of these some day ^^
Their next goal: Create 3d printing parts with the 3d printer. Once they've accomplished this.... theres no stopping the human mind's creativity!!!!
Considering the cost of the nylon powder, I'd say this bike cost quite a bit more than the ones you could get from Walmart. Shapeways (Who has to mark up the cost for the service as well) charges roughly $1.80 per cubic centimeter. This would cost several thousand dollars through their service. It's a great demonstration of the material and the process, but it's not yet an economical way of producing anything besides prototypes.
I've found a company in San Francisco. They are selling a printer for just 1,200 bucks! That's amazing. I think they are called Type A Machines or something like that. This technology is closer than we think! Cheers.
3D printing is what will launch the world into the next industrial revolution.
As far as you want. The US military have been spending billions on metal 3D printers to go in the back of a transport truck enabling them to print any part, a new bolt for a rifle or a new head for the hummer it all comes out the truck. So the logistics chain only requires fuel, ammo food and the powder to run the printer.
I think in a few years we will see 3D printing shops everywhere replacing outlet stores. This could be the next game changing tech.
I hear you Brent. My friends worked with nylon in college and we learned the hard way. The technology is great, but this is not a good advert for it.
Yes, I saw a story recently where they took new mp3s and printed a playable vinyl record with it.
100 years? try 3-5. They are talking about 3-d printing bio-tech stuff for transplants. You can already 3d print metals as well as abs grade plastics. This industry is revolutionary and will be like computers in general. It will be a snowball effect, gaining traction and growing in size but most importantly the speed of new things is going to be incredible!
As an environmentalist, and bicycle rider, and seeing the covered bicycle, recombinants, electric bikes, wheelchair electric bicycles etc, I feel a "slower way to go" will end up compared to traffic jams today, the fastest way to get home once gas is no more and streets are for all types of alternative transportation...3 cheers
3D printers will definitely be common. There will be people who post the CAD files or whatever format they end up using online because just for the fun of it, they make them and make the information free. 3D printers will change the world once they get good enough to get in homes or even in stores. Imagine not having to spend money on shipping stuff from China. Just go to the store, select the product you want and it prints it out for you. A smaller version will be in your home.
This is absolutely amazing! Once the copying material is organic and not nylon powder, imagine we could produce organs and no more donors needed!!!
It is great that they opened their doors to cameras to show something they didn't know the outcome of. Balls.
as far as im concerned, i honestly think this is the most exciting and revolutionary invention to come for my generation, more than smart phones even because once 3d printers become more and more commercially available and affordable and the digital stuff is worked out, you might one day be able to print your own damn smart phone (although i dont see apple getting too much into that lol control freaks-im not an apple hater, love my iphone)
the main issue here is material. Right now, that issue (remember video was posted in 03-2011), can easily be resolved with more upgraded printers.
Reminds me of the man who is literally being bored to death on the Armando Ianucci shows.
hahaha oh man, as a history student, its always funny for me to see things like this. People NEVER change.
I like that someone thinks outside of the foreign media.
Cool video! Shared it with my bicycle friend!!
True. Bazookas and machine guns and maybe a few flame throwers would be nice for that.
None of which should be made of nylon, of course.
He can ride. The reason it's wobbling around as he rides is the design of the bike. He still not getting used to riding the new bike so it happens.
If he can't ride, the bike won't even go on two wheels.
The first computers cost millions, drew so much power an entire city's lights dimmed every time the thing was turned on, and was less powerful than a cell phone.
The price will come down.
that's very true.. i never looked at it from that way before. pickers would have a field day if this tech became mainstream..
Of course I would want to spend $500 dollars to build a $80 dollar bike.
SO MUCH SENSE
Being able to print anything, maybe even at home - dang, the future looks good. Want a car? Print one. Need a screw? Print one. Pillow? Print one.
Actually there's some printers that can print really flexible plastic like the materials of actual bicycle tires
This is pretty exciting artistically. Imagine people making their own sculptures, figures and that sort of artwork. They paint it up. It becomes a craft. Technology is what you make of it. Some people are quick to shoot holes at it. Need any of us bring up affordable and efficient electricity? Good time, good creativity, and a good purpose.
Next project for the drawing board?
Something with wings or that floats maybe?
No, I wanted to test your capability of analyzing words. You're getting better. Still a little ways to go.
Good work, young Padowan.
In the future you torrent a car and print it. Besides that this is amazing and groundbreaking and makes me proud to be an engineer but now I feel compelled to go out and do something amazing as well.
The algorithm recommended me this 12 year old video. I was wondering why they're talking about 3d printing like it's a new thing.
Can't wait till you can just press a button or two and shortly after, BAM! you get the finished product :D
the difference between this people making the bicycle and the weapons recoil holder is that the bicycle requires big parts... there are no big 3d printers yet... so its a bit hard...and its being made with stuff that tends to get hard...
the americans do a plastic recoil holder(yes its harder)
he will go down in history for riding that!
great vision there...talk about cutting down on fuel and shipping costs!
Ah man, .. no one ever thought of that one... If you want to do that, .. you need multiple printers or interchangeable print materials and heads that happen automatically.
It'd be cool to be able to buy something online and have it print out right there
Welcome to Nerdville.
I'm gonna print myself a space transporter and beam myself up.
But how expensive are the materials used for printing? thats the question,and how much effort to print out things that need to be of a certain material, like copper wires, or fiber optic cables?
There's a project dedicated to 3D printers that can print parts out for themselves. It's called RepRap.
He is right the costs will go down because the 3d printer can print another 3d printer which can print more of those.
This is the future of printing.
Brilliant its great to be watching this stuff at the beginning in a few years time we shall take it all for granted, makes the mind boggle as to what will be available, well done gentlemen you are true Pioneers in building our future. best wishes, Andy
RepRap is exactly that. Opensource 3d printer that can print copies of itself.
This will cost jobs when you take production from factories and put it in homes. By the way, you can already "print" some kinds of food & pastries with this technology by replacing the nylon injectors with gelatin/dough packs and food dyes. There is also the potential for "pirating" toy and textile products. As soon as someone makes a scan & the "3D blueprint" is available online and can be downloaded input it into a CAD & there you go. Just like music is now.
Man, could be THAT easy! Here i see good potential for bone prothesis, in new biocompatible materials and more precise and personalized "parts", even small ones. It seems scaffolding wounds with 3d tecnology has already been done, and maybe will be an huge step for heavy-burn treatment. But from there to growing back arms is still a long way up, at least in my opinion
My GOD, sir!! You are indeed correct!! I must own this...
If I printed a bike, I would probably just print non-moving parts and the pedals. I would also buy the seat separately.
lol sure . but to fuse together the metal , you require its melting point . so its basically the same as making the gun WITHOUT this :)
Can it take a image of a car motor and everything, scale it down so it could be miniature cars?
"You wouldn't download a car."
But I'd download a bike.
Well, it forms solid objects, so it can be used to build the barrel and things like that, and even though it is rather fragile, with enough thickness it can be acceptable for a gun, but it cannot make the bullet...or the springs, and things of that sort
still, great technology...hope it becomes cheaper and a little more rigid
Actually 3-D printers can print fully operational fire-arms.
Id like to see Top Gear UK try this challenge and fail miserably lmao :)
What if you print a 3D printer half the size of the original, than the small one prints another one half the size. How small can you get the printers after a bunch of printing?
I appreciate the concept. I'm just not sure the bike would appreciate going down a curb. :)
Yeah, its really easy to feel a sort of elation over the endless possibilities of this advancing technology. But then you gotta remember that at the moment it only makes plastic products. So, screw? sure. Car? Eh, you'd probably still need gas/fuel. Pillow? more like a tough head block. When we can use elements in a broader range and construct items by the atom up, then we can see printable pillows. But this is just really precise lasers melting plastic, so it's not all that grand atm.
Guns have been made with printers. Working guns. Not great firearms, but the tech is still young.