The T-1000 is Coming. Revolutionary 3D Printing Grows Objects From a Pool of Liquid

Posted by Zenphamy 9 years, 4 months ago to Technology
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This is really cool. The advance is nearly staggering for it's impact on 3D printing moving to and dramatically increasing abilities in manufacturing, medicine, and design. Believe it or not, the idea came from the Terminator Movies. Here's proof that there are still some amazing men of the mind out there.

From the article:
"If you think conventional 3D printing is cool, wait until you see Continuous Liquid Interface Production (CLIP) in action. It takes the creation of objects to a fantastic new level, rising from a pool of liquid media like the cyborg cop in Terminator 2."
And:
"The new technology can make ready-to-use products 25 to 100 times faster than conventional 3D printing, and vastly expands the materials that can be used and the geometries that can be achieved. It will open doors to innovations in health care and medicine, as well as the automotive and aviation industries."

They think that soon, they can have the speed up to 1,000 times faster.
SOURCE URL: http://thefreethoughtproject.com/t-1000-coming-revolutionary-3d-printing-method-grows-objects-pool-liquid/


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  • Posted by $ jbrenner 9 years, 4 months ago
    I've been following this one. It will be a while before this becomes economical, but eventually I think it will supplant 3D printing.
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    • Posted by 9 years, 4 months ago
      I can imagine some applications for it right now that layered 3D can't do. But I get a little excited trying to imagine the materials that might be utilized. I thought you would have to know quite a bit about it.

      What a marvelous demonstration of the abilities of 'men of the mind'.
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  • Posted by davidmcnab 9 years, 4 months ago
    It's going to take the piracy arms race to a whole new level.
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    • Posted by 9 years, 4 months ago
      Yes, probably.
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      • Posted by davidmcnab 9 years, 4 months ago
        Expect a similar scenario of copyright-owning producers versus peer-to-peer sharers, as what we've seen since 2000 with Napster, KaZaa, BitTorrent and so on.
        Where this technology will be a threat to copyright owners is its capability of 3D-printing items that are actually robust and useful, as well as economic, instead of the extruded plastic crap we have now.

        But it's when 3D printers become capable of printing down to molecular level that the fur will really start to fly! The DEA, amongst others, will suddenly find themselves completely helpless.
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        • Posted by 9 years, 4 months ago
          The DEA should find itself helpless. In following the Defense Distributed developments and controversies, I've learned more about the subject and it's potentials for IP and invention patent disruption, though I'm not sure that's the partners in DD's primary intent. I do think the technology is requiring a major rethink of property rights protection in all forms, and with all the hoopla happening around the subject maybe its time that we rethink how we manage the issue. But I think realistically, that it's going to have to boil down to education in the philosophical and moral impacts of property rights.

          Its either that or another 'War On----' by the government against its citizens, even more draconian than the 'War on Drugs'. Aha, another great idea for a post. You're welcome to do the post if you come up with before I do.
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  • Posted by $ Olduglycarl 9 years, 4 months ago
    Saw this in action...it's wild!
    Soon they be trying to print food...hope they realize that food is alive, has living organisms in it that are necessary to provide benefit to the body. If they can do it there will be no need for GMO anything.
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  • Posted by Jim_Cook 9 years, 4 months ago
    This is not new. We used a printer like this about 10 years ago. It had a tank that held the liquid that was about 1'X1'X1'. It is fantastic for prototype work. I've had a normal 3D printer in my basement shop for about four years now.
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  • Posted by $ Thoritsu 9 years, 4 months ago
    I've been thinking about building a 3D printer. I like the Deltabot versions.

    I don't understand why these guys are saying they are 3-D, while everyone else is 2-D x N. Do they really solidify spherical pixels? How do the light sources project? This seems like a manipulation of wording that is not well-supported in physics. It seems like a robotics feature, not fundamental to the printing technology.
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