Comments on: Stephen Colbert's 3D printed head goes to space http://boingboing.net/2011/08/16/stephen-colberts-3d-printed-head-goes-to-space.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 19:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: bangagong http://boingboing.net/2011/08/16/stephen-colberts-3d-printed-head-goes-to-space.html#comment-1191254 bangagong Thu, 18 Aug 2011 03:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=113835#comment-1191254 So is nuclear power. That doesn't mean it is a good thing. I will be impressed with the 'makers' when they find a way to dispose of all the plastic garbage they are making.  So is nuclear power. That doesn’t mean it is a good thing. I will be impressed with the ‘makers’ when they find a way to dispose of all the plastic garbage they are making. 

]]> By: Robin Johnson http://boingboing.net/2011/08/16/stephen-colberts-3d-printed-head-goes-to-space.html#comment-1190171 Robin Johnson Wed, 17 Aug 2011 15:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=113835#comment-1190171 You'll probably be flying in a 3D-printed airplane before long! You’ll probably be flying in a 3D-printed airplane before long!

]]> By: ekai http://boingboing.net/2011/08/16/stephen-colberts-3d-printed-head-goes-to-space.html#comment-1190110 ekai Wed, 17 Aug 2011 15:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=113835#comment-1190110 Plastics are still the future. Plastics are still the future.

]]> By: Little John http://boingboing.net/2011/08/16/stephen-colberts-3d-printed-head-goes-to-space.html#comment-1189833 Little John Wed, 17 Aug 2011 06:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=113835#comment-1189833 <blockquote>When people print something, they are purposefully creating an object to be used — not garbage to be thrown out.</blockquote>What office do <i>you</i> work in?

When people print something, they are purposefully creating an object to be used — not garbage to be thrown out.

What office do you work in?

]]> By: bangagong http://boingboing.net/2011/08/16/stephen-colberts-3d-printed-head-goes-to-space.html#comment-1189824 bangagong Wed, 17 Aug 2011 06:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=113835#comment-1189824 How am I cynical? How long will this Colbert head be a worshiped talisman? A year? Ten? Lets give it 50 years of it sitting on a shelf as a conversation piece. FIFTY years before no one gives a crap about it. Then it goes to a landfill for 1000 years. Will humans outlast the Colbert head? It's kitsch. It's plastic. It will end up in a landfill next to all the water bottles. 3D printing = more plastic crap. Even if you pass it down for generations, eventually someone will put it in a landfill. How am I cynical? How long will this Colbert head be a worshiped talisman? A year? Ten? Lets give it 50 years of it sitting on a shelf as a conversation piece. FIFTY years before no one gives a crap about it. Then it goes to a landfill for 1000 years. Will humans outlast the Colbert head? It’s kitsch. It’s plastic. It will end up in a landfill next to all the water bottles. 3D printing = more plastic crap. Even if you pass it down for generations, eventually someone will put it in a landfill.

]]> By: Inchoate http://boingboing.net/2011/08/16/stephen-colberts-3d-printed-head-goes-to-space.html#comment-1189819 Inchoate Wed, 17 Aug 2011 05:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=113835#comment-1189819 I think your cynicism is misplaced. When people print something, they are purposefully creating an object to be used -- not garbage to be thrown out. I think your cynicism is misplaced. When people print something, they are purposefully creating an object to be used — not garbage to be thrown out.

]]> By: bangagong http://boingboing.net/2011/08/16/stephen-colberts-3d-printed-head-goes-to-space.html#comment-1189813 bangagong Wed, 17 Aug 2011 05:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=113835#comment-1189813 Will you report when this ends up in a landfill along with all the other 3D printed plastic crap? Every time I read one of these 3D printing posts, all I see is "look what we put in the garbage today!!" Hooray for trash! Will you report when this ends up in a landfill along with all the other 3D printed plastic crap? Every time I read one of these 3D printing posts, all I see is “look what we put in the garbage today!!” Hooray for trash!

]]> By: Chris Tucker GOP Delenda Est! http://boingboing.net/2011/08/16/stephen-colberts-3d-printed-head-goes-to-space.html#comment-1189778 Chris Tucker GOP Delenda Est! Wed, 17 Aug 2011 04:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=113835#comment-1189778 Cheaper and faster just to buy a tank of Hydrogen from the same company where one would get the tank of Helium. Cheaper and faster just to buy a tank of Hydrogen from the same company where one would get the tank of Helium.

]]> By: CognitiveDissident http://boingboing.net/2011/08/16/stephen-colberts-3d-printed-head-goes-to-space.html#comment-1189747 CognitiveDissident Wed, 17 Aug 2011 03:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=113835#comment-1189747 Just a thought, how hard would it be to use electrolysis to create hydrogen as a lighter-than-air gas instead of helium? Too time-consuming to make the gas, maybe? If it worked, then you wouldn't need to rely on store-bought helium. (I guess there is the whole 'splosion factor going against it, though.) Just a thought, how hard would it be to use electrolysis to create hydrogen as a lighter-than-air gas instead of helium? Too time-consuming to make the gas, maybe? If it worked, then you wouldn’t need to rely on store-bought helium. (I guess there is the whole ‘splosion factor going against it, though.)

]]> By: Mr_Smooth http://boingboing.net/2011/08/16/stephen-colberts-3d-printed-head-goes-to-space.html#comment-1189742 Mr_Smooth Wed, 17 Aug 2011 03:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=113835#comment-1189742 Why did the "Connecticut forest" look like a New Guinea jungle? What's up with the jurassic vines? So many questions. Why did the “Connecticut forest” look like a New Guinea jungle? What’s up with the jurassic vines? So many questions.

]]> By: jennybean42 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/16/stephen-colberts-3d-printed-head-goes-to-space.html#comment-1189704 jennybean42 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 02:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=113835#comment-1189704 I don' think it would work quite the same way in 0 gravity, sadly. I don’ think it would work quite the same way in 0 gravity, sadly.

]]> By: Bucket http://boingboing.net/2011/08/16/stephen-colberts-3d-printed-head-goes-to-space.html#comment-1189621 Bucket Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=113835#comment-1189621 Big spools of plastic filament, usually about 3mm in diameter. The plastic melts around 220 degrees C (~430 F) but cools and hardens rapidly once it's squeezed out of the printer's heater nozzle. There are other plastics you can use that have different properties, or you can also switch to print heads that use big syringes to print with gooier stuff, like frosting. Big spools of plastic filament, usually about 3mm in diameter. The plastic melts around 220 degrees C (~430 F) but cools and hardens rapidly once it’s squeezed out of the printer’s heater nozzle.

There are other plastics you can use that have different properties, or you can also switch to print heads that use big syringes to print with gooier stuff, like frosting.

]]> By: Mark S http://boingboing.net/2011/08/16/stephen-colberts-3d-printed-head-goes-to-space.html#comment-1189619 Mark S Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=113835#comment-1189619 Oh Oh!!!! I got a good idea for the NASA scientists!!! Take one of those printers to the freakin' space station!!! If something breaks and they ever need a special part, they can just upload the data and print it out! Brilliant!!! Oh Oh!!!! I got a good idea for the NASA scientists!!! Take one of those printers to the freakin’ space station!!! If something breaks and they ever need a special part, they can just upload the data and print it out! Brilliant!!!

]]> By: Joyce Grant http://boingboing.net/2011/08/16/stephen-colberts-3d-printed-head-goes-to-space.html#comment-1189602 Joyce Grant Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=113835#comment-1189602 Thank you! Having read about 3D printers here for ages, this is the first time I've seen one in action and finally "got" what the heck it is! That's pretty amazing. What does it use for "ink"? Thank you! Having read about 3D printers here for ages, this is the first time I’ve seen one in action and finally “got” what the heck it is! That’s pretty amazing. What does it use for “ink”?

]]> By: jennybean42 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/16/stephen-colberts-3d-printed-head-goes-to-space.html#comment-1189600 jennybean42 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=113835#comment-1189600 What happened with the cops there? I wish they had left some of that in What happened with the cops there? I wish they had left some of that in

]]> By: Boomer http://boingboing.net/2011/08/16/stephen-colberts-3d-printed-head-goes-to-space.html#comment-1189591 Boomer Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=113835#comment-1189591 Does your pot call the kettle black much?  Why would you care? Does your pot call the kettle black much?  Why would you care?

]]> By: xenphilos http://boingboing.net/2011/08/16/stephen-colberts-3d-printed-head-goes-to-space.html#comment-1189553 xenphilos Tue, 16 Aug 2011 23:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=113835#comment-1189553 It's hard to gauge someone's personality only through media like newspapers and TV shows. Even harder when the person is pretending to be someone else. It’s hard to gauge someone’s personality only through media like newspapers and TV shows. Even harder when the person is pretending to be someone else.

]]> By: xenphilos http://boingboing.net/2011/08/16/stephen-colberts-3d-printed-head-goes-to-space.html#comment-1189533 xenphilos Tue, 16 Aug 2011 23:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=113835#comment-1189533 It just needs a voice module like those found in teddy bears and we'll have ourselves a Colbert space core. It just needs a voice module like those found in teddy bears and we’ll have ourselves a Colbert space core.

]]> By: Cameron Postelwait http://boingboing.net/2011/08/16/stephen-colberts-3d-printed-head-goes-to-space.html#comment-1189530 Cameron Postelwait Tue, 16 Aug 2011 23:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=113835#comment-1189530 anyone think colbert's mock self absorption is still complicit with genuine self-absorption? anyone think colbert’s mock self absorption is still complicit with genuine self-absorption?

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