Comments on: New 3D printer makes furniture, glass jars, food and more out of garbage

By: scav

scav — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 08:10:00 +0000

Hey! In *this* house we obey the laws of thermodynamics!

By: Tay Chun Min

Tay Chun Min — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 07:57:00 +0000

I heard it runs on a single Arduino UNO.

By: Mr. Winka

Mr. Winka — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 03:33:00 +0000

But the technology to reverse time hasn’t been invented yet. Nevermind. Just forget I said anything.

By: Preston Sturges

Preston Sturges — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 02:35:00 +0000

Could we convert a census taker to a dead hooker? i don’t see why not.

By: Wingnut

Wingnut — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 02:32:00 +0000

Does that mean the movie Fargo played backwards would spit out a Steve Buscemi out of a wood chipper?

By: awjt

awjt — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 00:35:00 +0000

Sounds like last night’s debate. I’m still dry heaving.

By: emschelle

emschelle — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 23:07:00 +0000

Those operators look like they might be TK.

By: Preston Sturges

Preston Sturges — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 22:57:00 +0000

And implants that will allow you to regurgitate a fully cooked Big Mac.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 22:42:00 +0000

Yeah, but can you set it to use those as raw material?

By: Preston Sturges

Preston Sturges — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 22:20:00 +0000

You can set it to create “dead hooker,” “hobo,” “homeless guy,” or “FBI informant.” Upgrades include “census taker,” “Jehova’s Witness,” and “ex-spouse.”

By: Boundegar

Boundegar — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 22:00:00 +0000

Pretty sure those guys don’t actually need tampons. Probably a software glitch.

By: snagglepuss

snagglepuss — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 21:47:00 +0000

I used to operate an industrial shredder that made that thing look like something from Ronco. 440 volts + a solid ton of meshing solid-steel rotary blades = Steel-belted radial truck tires, 4×4′s and over a million tons of confidential records a year - Wham-Bam-Thank-You-Ma’am Gone.

Our favorite thing to feed it was an empty 5-gallon cooking oil container from the cafeteria. Sort of like a big plastic milk jug in a carboard shipping container. We would screw on the lid really tight and feed it into the crusher belt system which led to the blades. Intense compression until the edge of it hit the blade array and – BOOM ! Sounded like a mortar round going off, and gush of air would blast out of the shredder, reaching about fifteen feet, blowing bits of shredded paper out with it – A visible shock wave. Very entertaining.

By: garyg2

garyg2 — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 21:05:00 +0000

So what was with the tampons and stuff? Did they just think it would make a cool demo or something?

By: francoisroux

francoisroux — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 20:49:00 +0000

This machine gives me the heeby geebies, I cringe everytime I watch it devour something. It’s no better watching it spit it back out…

By: awjt

awjt — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 20:48:00 +0000

You’re watching it wrong.

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 20:47:00 +0000

Some of the parts it makes are broken. Lame.

By: knoxblox

knoxblox — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 20:40:00 +0000

Up next, the automobile that travels roadways saving downed bicyclists and pedestrians!

Bonus Video: Mysterious benefactor gives iPhone to baby.

By: bo1n6bo1n6

bo1n6bo1n6 — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 20:36:00 +0000

But can it replicate itself?

By: alexb

alexb — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 20:27:00 +0000

Even running in reverse that thing scares the shit out of me.

By: Flugfrei Jones

Flugfrei Jones — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 20:23:00 +0000

odds are, somebody has already contacted the company with hopes of building a quicker assault rifle =p

By: awjt

awjt — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 20:23:00 +0000

Because they haven’t upgraded the OS yet.

By: Mantissa128

Mantissa128 — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 20:21:00 +0000

But why does it make tacky, used furniture?

By: Nathaniel

Nathaniel — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 20:06:00 +0000

It’s just too bad the special anti-entropic feedstock is so hard to get hold of.

By: NoneofYourPenguins

NoneofYourPenguins — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 19:50:00 +0000

Its only limitation is that it will only work if people walk backwards around it.

By: spacemunky

spacemunky — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 19:40:00 +0000

Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

By: seyo

seyo — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 19:31:00 +0000

I laughed, I cried, it was a roller coaster ride of emotions.

By: GuyInMilwaukee

GuyInMilwaukee — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 19:29:00 +0000

I bet that thing can even make people like the 3d printer by the lake in the movie “Ograf”.

By: Karnzarnit

Karnzarnit — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 19:26:00 +0000

Is it open source?????

By: awjt

awjt — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 19:24:00 +0000

Now I want to see Mr. Fusion make a banana peel and a beer can out of pure energy.

By: waetherman

waetherman — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 19:24:00 +0000

Given the lack of safety features on this device, I’m sure there’s plenty of lost footage (npi) somewhere of it creating lots of arms and other body parts out of shredded human flesh.