Minecraft 3D printer

LaserUnicorn built a 3D printer in Minecraft, and produced this video documentary. The map files are also available. This is pretty clever!

12x12x11 15 color 3D printer I made (youtube.com) (Thanks m4tth3w!)

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snakedart

So, within a virtual world, someone has designed a machine that creates real objects from virtual designs. Only, this is a virtual machine that creates virtual objects created from … virtual virtual designs?

(head explodes)
Anonymous

I didn’t know rainbow dash was interested in 3D Printing.
billstewart

And another recent news item was that Minecraft.print() lets you use a 3D printer to print Minecraft objects…
talzick

I’ve been playing Minecraft for a long while and this kind of thing still astounds me. The creativity of people is nuts. Cheats probably used to make it though, I’ve been looking at using cheats (http://minecraftcheatshacks.com/) for bigger builds like this because mining everything out can just take far too long sometimes!
VICTOR JIMENEZ

And this proves that with enough time you can create a universe simulator in Minecraft…

http://xkcd.com/505
- etho
  
  Probability wise, the universe we live in is already a simulation built in Minecraft.
  
  Also, that narrators accent is delightful.
- Anonymous
  
  Its been done.. sorta:
  http://www.youtube.com/user/teapoted?blend=21&ob=5#p/u/8/Cg1GRSoN_uc
- turn_self_off
  
  Turtle stacking.
txhoudini

Is the accent real or fake? Either way it is fabulous! I want him to re-record the Audible library.
- Anonymous
  
  The accent sounds like a regular, albeit heavy, Swedish accent, so that is a good bet. The pronunciation of /v/ as [w] is a dead givaway.
lvdata

Can we get these geniuses working on nanotechnology instead of minecraft simulations?
Anonymous

He is a Brony, AWESOME.
planettom

Is someone working on a Java emulator in Minecraft, so that we can play Minecraft in Minecraft?