Printed android head is coming to life: Source MakerBot |
3D printers are the new revolution and fast changing the world! It's becoming the Star Trek replicator. You can replicate more than food, more than Picard's favorite Earl Gray Hot, and its likely 3D printers will become part of almost every technology in the near future.
— how soon before we can print microprocessors? —
When printing evolves to include microprocessors, a boom in machines will spring forth. Why not? Already special materials are capable of being printed, to include human organs. The union of biotech, microtech, and 3D printing will lead to an explosion of new artificial brains.
Printing mech robots: Source thinglab |
Today, 3D printers can print nearly every mechanical part in a robot, including the printed circuit boards. Every day, new apps are designed for 3D printers.
...Rated by some as the next new renaissance in science and technology, along with the car, the computer, the internet and now the 3D Printer....
— replicators, coming to a store near you... —
Printed leg: human part |
Things from the future? Advanced strange parts from the best of science fiction? Take a look at the photo below, showing that our dreams about the future can be brought into the current time reality. This is only the beginning.
3D Printing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_printing
Makerbot
http://www.makerbot.com/
Cube
http://cubify.com/cube/
Advanced printing brings forth a spectacular part from the future: Source MakerBot |
RepRap
http://reprap.org/wiki/Main_Page
Exploding Technology
http://qz.com/106483/3d-printing-will-explode-in-2014-thanks-to-the-expiration-of-key-patents/
Star Trek Replicator
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replicator_%28Star_Trek%29
Printed Robot
http://www.techwench.com/the-pros-and-cons-of-3d-printing/