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Title: Fabbers - machines that can make almost anything
Post by: kpac on August 05, 2008, 10:18:41 AM

Fabbers (a.k.a 3D Printers or rapid prototyping machines) are a relatively new form of manufacturing that builds 3D objects by carefuly depositing materials drop by drop, layer by layer.....

http://www.fun-on.com/tec170107a.php

Title: Re: Fabbers - machines that can make almost anything
Post by: Carbon Dudeoxide on August 05, 2008, 10:22:07 AM

Interesting....so it does the opposite to what those other machines do?
(the machines that carefully drill shapes out of blocks of wood)

Title: Re: Fabbers - machines that can make almost anything
Post by: kpac on August 05, 2008, 10:25:18 AM

I'm not sure.... You'll surely find the answer somewhere. ;)

Title: Re: Fabbers - machines that can make almost anything
Post by: gamerx365 on August 05, 2008, 11:53:49 AM

i read about one of these in pop sci a couple months ago that was actually not tens of thousands of dollars lol. i think it was priced around $1,500 but i cant remember.

Title: Re: Fabbers - machines that can make almost anything
Post by: Dias de verano on August 07, 2008, 10:16:35 AM

Could a machine make Kelly LeBrock like in the movie "Weird Science"? Today's computers are so much more advanced than in 1985 after all.

By the way...

(http://www.mycomicart.com/images/WeirdScience15Front.jpg)

Title: Re: Fabbers - machines that can make almost anything
Post by: Carbon Dudeoxide on August 07, 2008, 10:18:48 AM

Nice TV.

Title: Re: Fabbers - machines that can make almost anything
Post by: Dias de verano on August 07, 2008, 10:21:45 AM

Nice dress.

Title: Re: Fabbers - machines that can make almost anything
Post by: Dias de verano on August 07, 2008, 10:27:42 AM

face it, he's shacked up with a 1950s future-babe in a shimmery dress which looks about to fall off and he chooses to keep his suit on, and watch science-fiction on the TV! Guy's a dork. (or a geek!) (or a Computerhope veteran)

Title: Re: Fabbers - machines that can make almost anything
Post by: Carbon Dudeoxide on August 07, 2008, 10:29:02 AM

Heh, the alien in the TV is the same guy at the window??

Title: Re: Fabbers - machines that can make almost anything
Post by: Dias de verano on August 07, 2008, 10:31:42 AM

Or his twin.

Love these figure hugging space suits. Mine's the one on the right, I saw her first. I guess this is getting a bit OT

(http://home.iprimus.com.au/georgep7/weirdfeldstein_smaller.jpg)

Plenty more Here (http://www.a23.com/babesinspace/contents.html) (I love this site)

Title: Re: Fabbers - machines that can make almost anything
Post by: Carbon Dudeoxide on August 07, 2008, 10:35:07 AM

This is how people viewed the future?

Title: Re: Fabbers - machines that can make almost anything
Post by: Dias de verano on August 07, 2008, 10:36:24 AM

Yup. Flying cars and robot babes.

Cover picture of "Galaxy" magazine, September 1954:

(http://ca.geocities.com/xxxtoytech/sandroid.jpg)

Why has she got a kind of thin vest on? Why does it only cover the fleshy parts?
What's he gonna do when he fires her up? See if she runs Vista?

Title: Re: Fabbers - machines that can make almost anything
Post by: drmsucks on August 07, 2008, 11:56:25 AM

Phew - must be raining in the UK.

Title: Re: Fabbers - machines that can make almost anything
Post by: !~*:.Pink Floyd.:*~! on August 07, 2008, 12:00:00 PM

I like the future.

Title: Re: Fabbers - machines that can make almost anything
Post by: kpac on August 07, 2008, 12:19:30 PM

What kind of people are you! :D LOL! ;D

Title: Re: Fabbers - machines that can make almost anything
Post by: No_Skillz on August 18, 2008, 07:04:55 PM

Back to the concept of fabbers...

If you can make the "resolution" very fine (like atoms) you can make anything, out of anything.

Think about it.

Title: Re: Fabbers - machines that can make almost anything
Post by: computeruler on August 18, 2008, 07:09:30 PM

i want one! so can you like print computer parts? like a hard drive or a motherboard or something? do they make really big ones so you can like print out a car or a boat or something or a 112" tv LOLor like a jackhammer subwoofer? i would like 2 of those for my room

Title: Re: Fabbers - machines that can make almost anything
Post by: computeruler on August 18, 2008, 07:11:32 PM

woa look at this link!!!  :o :o :o :o :o https://www.nextengine.com/indexSecure.htm?gclid=CMHTrI_cmJUCFRJ4xgodQS2wEw (https://www.nextengine.com/indexSecure.htm?gclid=CMHTrI_cmJUCFRJ4xgodQS2wEw) woops thats a scanner