Comments on: Scientific American: five 3D printers http://boingboing.net/2008/06/26/scientific-american.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:12:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: twig http://boingboing.net/2008/06/26/scientific-american.html#comment-220444 twig Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-220444 Ok, <i>awesome</i>. Candy Fab seems like it would have near-unlimited potential. Ok, awesome.

Candy Fab seems like it would have near-unlimited potential.

]]> By: semiotix http://boingboing.net/2008/06/26/scientific-american.html#comment-220453 semiotix Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-220453 Meh. Wake me when they have 4D printers. I've got this cool idea for a tesseract paperweight. Meh. Wake me when they have 4D printers. I’ve got this cool idea for a tesseract paperweight.

]]> By: eustace http://boingboing.net/2008/06/26/scientific-american.html#comment-220965 eustace Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-220965 I have access to a knee mill, lathe, bandsaws, tooling etc. at work. So what am I going to build? A reprap, of course (the arduino version). And once I have it - Custom Lego!!! I have access to a knee mill, lathe, bandsaws, tooling etc. at work. So what am I going to build? A reprap, of course (the arduino version).

And once I have it – Custom Lego!!!

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/06/26/scientific-american.html#comment-220968 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-220968 http://www.instructables.com/id/Easy-to-Build-Desk-Top-3-Axis-CNC-Milling-Machine/ http://www.instructables.com/id/Easy-to-Build-Desk-Top-3-Axis-CNC-Milling-Machine/

]]> By: Zan http://boingboing.net/2008/06/26/scientific-american.html#comment-220766 Zan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-220766 I wish they would stop with this "self-replicating" baloney. RepRap didn't even come close to self replicating -- it created the plastic braces needed to hold all the metal parts, motors, and electronics together on another RepRap. It wasn't even close to 50% of the needed parts, and MUCH assembly was required. If you're going by that definition, machine tools such as mills and lathes have been self-replicating for a hundred years. I wish they would stop with this “self-replicating” baloney. RepRap didn’t even come close to self replicating — it created the plastic braces needed to hold all the metal parts, motors, and electronics together on another RepRap. It wasn’t even close to 50% of the needed parts, and MUCH assembly was required. If you’re going by that definition, machine tools such as mills and lathes have been self-replicating for a hundred years.

]]> By: Agent 86 http://boingboing.net/2008/06/26/scientific-american.html#comment-221568 Agent 86 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-221568 Heh, I watch a confectionery competition on the food network, where they make the most intricate sugar towers, and I always despair at the time and effort required... but this Candy Fab thing looks like it'll do exactly what I want. Heh, I watch a confectionery competition on the food network, where they make the most intricate sugar towers, and I always despair at the time and effort required… but this Candy Fab thing looks like it’ll do exactly what I want.

]]> By: minTphresh http://boingboing.net/2008/06/26/scientific-american.html#comment-220821 minTphresh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-220821 DNA spiral candy? sign me up! DNA spiral candy? sign me up!

]]> By: pelrun http://boingboing.net/2008/06/26/scientific-american.html#comment-220858 pelrun Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-220858 I wish people would stop bitching about Reprap's "self-replication" moniker. Nobody said it implies "self-assembly". Nobody said it was the absolute first thing to ever do it. It's a machine that has reached the goal of making the custom parts required for a second copy of itself. That's all the reprap people mean when they say "self-replicating". I wish people would stop bitching about Reprap’s “self-replication” moniker. Nobody said it implies “self-assembly”. Nobody said it was the absolute first thing to ever do it.

It’s a machine that has reached the goal of making the custom parts required for a second copy of itself. That’s all the reprap people mean when they say “self-replicating”.

]]> By: Modusoperandi http://boingboing.net/2008/06/26/scientific-american.html#comment-220864 Modusoperandi Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-220864 <blockquote>The Candy Fab prints objects by fusing layers of sugar</blockquote> Also, it has a disturbingly high number of users that resemble Augustus Gloop.

The Candy Fab prints objects by fusing layers of sugar

Also, it has a disturbingly high number of users that resemble Augustus Gloop.

]]> By: eustace http://boingboing.net/2008/06/26/scientific-american.html#comment-221388 eustace Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-221388 That's a great instructable, Takuan. That’s a great instructable, Takuan.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/06/26/scientific-american.html#comment-221392 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-221392 they've got a bunch of CNC machines of varying difficulty. they’ve got a bunch of CNC machines of varying difficulty.

]]> By: Antinous http://boingboing.net/2008/06/26/scientific-american.html#comment-220900 Antinous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-220900 <i>Nobody said it implies "self-assembly".</i> Yeah, don't you know that humans aren't self replicating because our young are not fully functional at birth? Clearly, nature didn't read The Rules. Nobody said it implies “self-assembly”.

Yeah, don’t you know that humans aren’t self replicating because our young are not fully functional at birth? Clearly, nature didn’t read The Rules.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/06/26/scientific-american.html#comment-220912 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-220912 just as well they can't eat unaided for a while. just as well they can’t eat unaided for a while.

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