Comments on: Disruptions: on the fast track to routine 3D printing http://www.kurzweilai.net/disruptions-on-the-fast-track-to-routine-3d-printing Accelerating Intelligence Sat, 18 May 2013 04:59:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Ewout Meijer http://www.kurzweilai.net/disruptions-on-the-fast-track-to-routine-3d-printing/comment-page-1#comment-101338 Ewout Meijer Fri, 22 Feb 2013 14:50:56 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=181030#comment-101338 Amsterdam is already printing a 'Grachtenpand' http://www.kamermaker.com/?lang=en Amsterdam is already printing a ‘Grachtenpand’ http://www.kamermaker.com/?lang=en

]]> By: steve http://www.kurzweilai.net/disruptions-on-the-fast-track-to-routine-3d-printing/comment-page-1#comment-100424 steve Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:39:18 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=181030#comment-100424 Technology is advancing to rapidly to create a distribution system from scratch. By the time you start building the system Quantum tech and nano particles will likely jump past this. Technology is advancing to rapidly to create a distribution system from scratch. By the time you start building the system Quantum tech and nano particles will likely jump past this.

]]> By: Amit http://www.kurzweilai.net/disruptions-on-the-fast-track-to-routine-3d-printing/comment-page-1#comment-100280 Amit Wed, 20 Feb 2013 05:17:21 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=181030#comment-100280 My reply was meant for Bob, who wanted to know more about 3D printers currently in the market. My reply was meant for Bob, who wanted to know more about 3D printers currently in the market.

]]> By: Amit http://www.kurzweilai.net/disruptions-on-the-fast-track-to-routine-3d-printing/comment-page-1#comment-100277 Amit Wed, 20 Feb 2013 05:14:50 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=181030#comment-100277 Go to: http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/29/3d-printer-guide/ Courtesy Edward Tomchin, Arizona Go to:
http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/29/3d-printer-guide/
Courtesy Edward Tomchin, Arizona

]]> By: Bri http://www.kurzweilai.net/disruptions-on-the-fast-track-to-routine-3d-printing/comment-page-1#comment-100210 Bri Wed, 20 Feb 2013 00:19:02 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=181030#comment-100210 Unfortunately Gordon they they will be using plastic. It's another of those bizarre cocoon shaped things. It's made to shap together. It's another classic job destroying tech developments. The factory work could all be automated, it's all delivered in vans, soon autonomous robots will assemble it on site. Right now it isn't ready for prime time but in a little while they will make a superior product that will cost a fraction of a typical house today. Nanocellulose woukd be an ideal material but right now the feed stock is costly. Soon that should change. It has too many amazing properties. Always good to hear from you Gordon. Keep up the interesting posts, or to say in another way, keep your feet on the ground and your head in the stars! Unfortunately Gordon they they will be using plastic. It’s another of those bizarre cocoon shaped things. It’s made to shap together. It’s another classic job destroying tech developments. The factory work could all be automated, it’s all delivered in vans, soon autonomous robots will assemble it on site. Right now it isn’t ready for prime time but in a little while they will make a superior product that will cost a fraction of a typical house today. Nanocellulose woukd be an ideal material but right now the feed stock is costly. Soon that should change. It has too many amazing properties. Always good to hear from you Gordon. Keep up the interesting posts, or to say in another way, keep your feet on the ground and your head in the stars!

]]> By: Walter Baltzley http://www.kurzweilai.net/disruptions-on-the-fast-track-to-routine-3d-printing/comment-page-1#comment-100189 Walter Baltzley Tue, 19 Feb 2013 22:02:25 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=181030#comment-100189 LOL...When you say "The Collective" I think about the BORG! LOL…When you say “The Collective” I think about the BORG!

]]> By: Walter Baltzley http://www.kurzweilai.net/disruptions-on-the-fast-track-to-routine-3d-printing/comment-page-1#comment-100188 Walter Baltzley Tue, 19 Feb 2013 22:00:46 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=181030#comment-100188 Sewers will be OBSOLETE in 20 years. We will use the abundant energy harvested from the sun, earth, air, and sea...with nuclear backup...to recycle 100% of our waste. Using micro-reactors, this could be done ON SITE...that is to say in a TOILET or Septic Tank. The resulting nano-particles could then be transported over the Matter Net to wherever they are needed. Sewers would be a thing of the past. Sewers will be OBSOLETE in 20 years. We will use the abundant energy harvested from the sun, earth, air, and sea…with nuclear backup…to recycle 100% of our waste.

Using micro-reactors, this could be done ON SITE…that is to say in a TOILET or Septic Tank. The resulting nano-particles could then be transported over the Matter Net to wherever they are needed. Sewers would be a thing of the past.

]]> By: Walter Baltzley http://www.kurzweilai.net/disruptions-on-the-fast-track-to-routine-3d-printing/comment-page-1#comment-100183 Walter Baltzley Tue, 19 Feb 2013 21:48:46 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=181030#comment-100183 People have a hard time thinking EXPONENTIALLY...unless they are talking about doomsday scenarios, THEN they get it. People have a hard time thinking EXPONENTIALLY…unless they are talking about doomsday scenarios, THEN they get it.

]]> By: Ralph Dratman http://www.kurzweilai.net/disruptions-on-the-fast-track-to-routine-3d-printing/comment-page-1#comment-100182 Ralph Dratman Tue, 19 Feb 2013 21:47:38 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=181030#comment-100182 Returning to the idea of customization, which is certainly more immediate than bio-whatever, it has the potential to change our culture by weakening the grip of a Bauhaus-style utilitarianism -- which, as a matter of practice, fronts for cheap, cruddy artifacts. Buy something beautiful to serve a real-world purpose? Not in America, you don't -- at least, not in public. But that could change. Returning to the idea of customization, which is certainly more immediate than bio-whatever, it has the potential to change our culture by weakening the grip of a Bauhaus-style utilitarianism — which, as a matter of practice, fronts for cheap, cruddy artifacts.

Buy something beautiful to serve a real-world purpose? Not in America, you don’t — at least, not in public. But that could change.

]]> By: Walter Baltzley http://www.kurzweilai.net/disruptions-on-the-fast-track-to-routine-3d-printing/comment-page-1#comment-100161 Walter Baltzley Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:03:13 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=181030#comment-100161 The entire point of the Digital Matter Net is DE-centralization of distribution...it operates much like the internet. We would have a few large trunk lines with large bundles of "Vox-Cable" with mid-sized branches for large-scale distribution. However, I see the bulk of the matter network being comprised of small cables connecting individual devices. Again, look at how the internet evolved...starting with large institutions connected with private lines, and then gradually expanding and opening up to more and more users. EXCEPT we already know about large-scale networks, and so we can build this thing out all at once and avoid many of the bottlenecks that slowed the development of the internet. The entire point of the Digital Matter Net is DE-centralization of distribution…it operates much like the internet. We would have a few large trunk lines with large bundles of “Vox-Cable” with mid-sized branches for large-scale distribution. However, I see the bulk of the matter network being comprised of small cables connecting individual devices.

Again, look at how the internet evolved…starting with large institutions connected with private lines, and then gradually expanding and opening up to more and more users. EXCEPT we already know about large-scale networks, and so we can build this thing out all at once and avoid many of the bottlenecks that slowed the development of the internet.

]]> By: Walter Baltzley http://www.kurzweilai.net/disruptions-on-the-fast-track-to-routine-3d-printing/comment-page-1#comment-100157 Walter Baltzley Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:53:21 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=181030#comment-100157 You are thinking...that is GREAT. A Generic Micro-Reactor Plant could be used to break down sewage into its basic components...carbon, hydrogen, chlorine, etc...and turn it into nano-particles for use in 3D Printers. We will have to build a network infrastructure...like the internet...to make the system work. Since we would no longer need the sewer tunnels, they would be an excellent place to run digital pipelines. You are thinking…that is GREAT. A Generic Micro-Reactor Plant could be used to break down sewage into its basic components…carbon, hydrogen, chlorine, etc…and turn it into nano-particles for use in 3D Printers.

We will have to build a network infrastructure…like the internet…to make the system work. Since we would no longer need the sewer tunnels, they would be an excellent place to run digital pipelines.

]]> By: Walter Baltzley http://www.kurzweilai.net/disruptions-on-the-fast-track-to-routine-3d-printing/comment-page-1#comment-100150 Walter Baltzley Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:46:29 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=181030#comment-100150 Very good question! Currently, I am investigating the possibility of using microscale magnetic "ferries" about the size of a human blood cell, and pushing it magnetically along a "coaxial" glass channel wrapped in a charged conductor sleeve. It works similarly to a mag-lev train. Because the Digital Matter Net has not been INVENTED yet, the door is wide open. Maybe this is a problem YOU could solve. If you are interested, then join the REVOLUTION! Download the latest copy of the DMOSS (Digital Manufacturing Open Systems Standard) from my blog and get the word out. Make it VIRAL friends! We are sitting Very good question! Currently, I am investigating the possibility of using microscale magnetic “ferries” about the size of a human blood cell, and pushing it magnetically along a “coaxial” glass channel wrapped in a charged conductor sleeve. It works similarly to a mag-lev train.

Because the Digital Matter Net has not been INVENTED yet, the door is wide open. Maybe this is a problem YOU could solve. If you are interested, then join the REVOLUTION! Download the latest copy of the DMOSS (Digital Manufacturing Open Systems Standard) from my blog and get the word out.

Make it VIRAL friends! We are sitting

]]> By: Gabor http://www.kurzweilai.net/disruptions-on-the-fast-track-to-routine-3d-printing/comment-page-1#comment-100132 Gabor Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:19:37 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=181030#comment-100132 I think that the reference "$1k 3D printers that used to cost $20k, is based on the emergence of the desktop 3D printers as opposed to industrial big machines and not specific models that just got cheaper. I am currently looking to buy a 3D printer (in the sub $1,000) market and most likely will delay for another year due to price and quality issues. Desktop 3D printers are still in their infancy (think of dot matrix 2D printers as opposed to laser printers that we are used to now). The above pictured is one of the best affordable desktop 3D printers but it will still set you back $2,000+ or about $3,000 if you want to print with ABS that is a stronger plastic than PLA. An interesting competitor that I found on Kickstarter is "robo3dprinter", costs less than $1,000 but wont be available before August. 3D printing is a "disrupting" technology, we just need a little more patience for it to change from a novelty item to a useful and cost effective universal tool. I think that the reference “$1k 3D printers that used to cost $20k, is based on the emergence of the desktop 3D printers as opposed to industrial big machines and not specific models that just got cheaper.

I am currently looking to buy a 3D printer (in the sub $1,000) market and most likely will delay for another year due to price and quality issues. Desktop 3D printers are still in their infancy (think of dot matrix 2D printers as opposed to laser printers that we are used to now). The above pictured is one of the best affordable desktop 3D printers but it will still set you back $2,000+ or about $3,000 if you want to print with ABS that is a stronger plastic than PLA. An interesting competitor that I found on Kickstarter is “robo3dprinter”, costs less than $1,000 but wont be available before August.

3D printing is a “disrupting” technology, we just need a little more patience for it to change from a novelty item to a useful and cost effective universal tool.

]]> By: DCWhatthe http://www.kurzweilai.net/disruptions-on-the-fast-track-to-routine-3d-printing/comment-page-1#comment-100114 DCWhatthe Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:21:42 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=181030#comment-100114 I love that so many people still think reflexively "It's not going to happen in our lifetimes", about 3d printers and other apparent miracles. But it's happening, right in front of us. I love that so many people still think reflexively “It’s not going to happen in our lifetimes”, about 3d printers and other apparent miracles. But it’s happening, right in front of us.

]]> By: Bri http://www.kurzweilai.net/disruptions-on-the-fast-track-to-routine-3d-printing/comment-page-1#comment-100102 Bri Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:52:02 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=181030#comment-100102 Bioreactors and molecularfabricators are part of the 3D revolution. I don't see how that would foster a centralized distribution system. The main trend Ray has spoken about. That is that we are moving toward a system of mainly information transfer. Most of the feed stock will be produced locally or be recycled at home. Bioreactors and molecularfabricators are part of the 3D revolution. I don’t see how that would foster a centralized distribution system. The main trend Ray has spoken about. That is that we are moving toward a system of mainly information transfer. Most of the feed stock will be produced locally or be recycled at home.

]]> By: Bob L. http://www.kurzweilai.net/disruptions-on-the-fast-track-to-routine-3d-printing/comment-page-1#comment-100097 Bob L. Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:26:28 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=181030#comment-100097 This all sounds great but PLEASE if you make a reference to something interesting and related such as $1k 3D printers that used to cost $20k, tell us what your are thinking about and where to go to find them..... Thanks! This all sounds great but PLEASE if you make a reference to something interesting and related such as $1k 3D printers that used to cost $20k, tell us what your are thinking about and where to go to find them….. Thanks!

]]> By: Eric Anderson http://www.kurzweilai.net/disruptions-on-the-fast-track-to-routine-3d-printing/comment-page-1#comment-100096 Eric Anderson Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:24:33 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=181030#comment-100096 Maybe Jacie Gleason was predicting our future with the SWAK line abou Sewer Workers Are Kings! Maybe just Kiss off this idea? But why not? Maybe Jacie Gleason was predicting our future with the SWAK line abou Sewer Workers Are Kings! Maybe just Kiss off this idea? But why not?

]]> By: Eric Anderson http://www.kurzweilai.net/disruptions-on-the-fast-track-to-routine-3d-printing/comment-page-1#comment-100093 Eric Anderson Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:20:41 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=181030#comment-100093 How will this distributin system work? Use the sew infastructure to make the nano-Particles at the 'new' sewage plat and send the nano particles back in a tube inside the sewage system? Sounds good to me. How will this distributin system work? Use the sew infastructure to make the nano-Particles at the ‘new’ sewage plat and send the nano particles back in a tube inside the sewage system? Sounds good to me.

]]> By: jlw3262 http://www.kurzweilai.net/disruptions-on-the-fast-track-to-routine-3d-printing/comment-page-1#comment-100091 jlw3262 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:03:42 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=181030#comment-100091 How will the particles be transported? In other words, how will they be pushed through whatever medium you are thinking of? How will the particles be transported? In other words, how will they be pushed through whatever medium you are thinking of?

]]> By: Gorden Russell http://www.kurzweilai.net/disruptions-on-the-fast-track-to-routine-3d-printing/comment-page-1#comment-100081 Gorden Russell Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:02:56 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=181030#comment-100081 Of course, that London architecture collective didn't say that they were going to print it all out in a day, just assemble it. So, Bri, do you think that they will be using nanocellulose in their printers? I'll bet that collective will be using a very big crew of carpenters. Of course, that London architecture collective didn’t say that they were going to print it all out in a day, just assemble it. So, Bri, do you think that they will be using nanocellulose in their printers?

I’ll bet that collective will be using a very big crew of carpenters.

]]> By: Alfred Settino http://www.kurzweilai.net/disruptions-on-the-fast-track-to-routine-3d-printing/comment-page-1#comment-100076 Alfred Settino Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:44:35 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=181030#comment-100076 Great comment Walter Great comment Walter

]]> By: Walter Baltzley http://www.kurzweilai.net/disruptions-on-the-fast-track-to-routine-3d-printing/comment-page-1#comment-100070 Walter Baltzley Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:28:36 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=181030#comment-100070 It's the Law of Accelerating Returns at work...Fabrication equipment is used to make...FABRICATION EQUIPMENT. Now that 3D Printers are cost effective enough to use for industrial fabrication, we will see them used more and more. However, things will get MOST interesting when we connect 3D Printers to Micro-Reactor (or bio-reactor) Chemical Plants. This will give rise to the DIGITAL MATTER NET...a network of microscopic channels...for transporting nano-particles like the internet transports data. Then we will have a truly DIGITAL economy. It’s the Law of Accelerating Returns at work…Fabrication equipment is used to make…FABRICATION EQUIPMENT. Now that 3D Printers are cost effective enough to use for industrial fabrication, we will see them used more and more.

However, things will get MOST interesting when we connect 3D Printers to Micro-Reactor (or bio-reactor) Chemical Plants. This will give rise to the DIGITAL MATTER NET…a network of microscopic channels…for transporting nano-particles like the internet transports data. Then we will have a truly DIGITAL economy.

]]> By: Bri http://www.kurzweilai.net/disruptions-on-the-fast-track-to-routine-3d-printing/comment-page-1#comment-100057 Bri Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:32:17 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=181030#comment-100057 It's like a short in an electrical system. Also similar to how lightning seeks the path of least resistance. More and more energy will focus on this tech as this new pathway gets reinforced. It’s like a short in an electrical system. Also similar to how lightning seeks the path of least resistance. More and more energy will focus on this tech as this new pathway gets reinforced.

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