3D Printer

[Todd W.]

http://www.txchnologist.com/volumes/advanced-manufacturing/3d-printing-and-the-replicator-economy

Cue futuristic music....

Imagine walking into a LFS, or logging onto their website, picking out a rock formation off of an online selection or out of a brochure and having it made for you.  I'm sure that if you had reef safe materials to make it out of, this kind of an idea would really take off.

You could make them with connectors like legos so you could safely stack/arrange them, and have frag plug holes put into them....

Hmmmmmmmm 

[cyberwollf]

Why is this going around the internet so much this past week? I saw 3 friends had posted the link on facebook.  We had one of these in undergrad years ago.  You could print directly from CAD files.  It was a thick paper base material instead of powder, but same results. Club equipment?

[Todd W.]

Each time they get cheaper and more versatile they run stories on them... I know an agency that was making models with one a while ago.  They were pretty rough at the time, but served their function...

[cyberwollf]

They should use the printers to print new printers... But eventually that leads to the "Judgement Day"... Skynet is now forming.  Better get your personal EMP generators ready...

[Todd W.]

Skynet is now forming.

Uhhhhh what do you mean 'forming'.... It is here, just waiting... for, maybeeeeee...... better 3D printers