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3D printing a mechanical computer

Cory Doctorow at 1:03 pm Wed, Oct 26, 2011

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Chris Fenton is using his MakerBot 3D printer to print out a mechanical computer; here he demonstrates one of the counting mechanisms.

Because I have a 3D printer and I can!

I write books. My latest is a YA science fiction novel called Homeland (it's the sequel to Little Brother). More books: Rapture of the Nerds (a novel, with Charlie Stross); With a Little Help (short stories); and The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (novella and nonfic). I speak all over the place and I tweet and tumble, too.

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  • dagfooyo

    That’s awesome!  Now if someone can design a 3D-printable mechanical computer that’s capable of controlling a 3D printer, then we’ll be getting somewhere.

    • http://www.nathanhornby.com/ Nathan Hornby

      I was going to say the only other 3D printed story I need to hear about is when someone 3D prints a 3D printer.

      Seriously though, we get that people can 3D print things, it’s not really that different to announcing that someone drew a mechanical computer; or printed out the plans on an inkjet.

      • fnc

        3-d printing a 3-d printer?

        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RepRap_Project

  • http://twitter.com/chriscoreline chris coreline

    Every day, another step toward the machine uprising :/

  • http://profiles.google.com/westcarleton Ray Perkins

    Mechanical computer? Just the dividing chain from a mechanical car odometer.