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Kathy Laffoon

Kansas teen uses 3-D printer to make hand for boy - KansasCity.com - 21 views

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  • Johnson County Library had a 3-D printer that was free for anyone with a library card to use.
  • The first 3-D printer version was made in January 2013, and Van As and Owen put free instructions online.
    • Kathy Laffoon
      Kathy Laffoon on 18 Feb 14
       
      Free instructions!
  • The Johnson County Library keeps its 3-D printer in an area called the Makerspace that opened nearly a year ago.
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  • Mason Wilde has always had a passion for figuring out how things work.
Caelob Wexler

3-D Printing the New War on Drugs - 1 views

dailyreckoning.com/-printing-the-new-war-on-drugs

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  • erwise, the costs of research, winning regulatory approval, and production can exceed anything a pharmaceutical company could hope to recoup in an era when developing a new drug might cost a billion — or billions of — dollars.
  • Not incidentally, the revolution also promises to kneecap whatever is left of efforts to control chemistry’s results, including recreational drugs.
  • What impact will the ability to print chemical compounds on printers have on the political class of easily flustered control freaks?
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  • If people could print off… sheets of ecstasy tablets at the party they’re at that time, that just completely takes away our border protection role in its known sense.
  • It’s difficult to believe that the world that brought us the Silk Road online marketplace for illegal drugs won’t also produce chemically oriented tinkerers in abundance to exploit the recreational (and commercial) potential of producing intoxicants via 3-D chemical printing.
ofloro

Future Tech: How 3D Printing Will Change the World | Alternet - 0 views

www.alternet.org/...printing_will_change_the_world

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  • Thanks to the ability to build a product from the bottom up, 3D printers can print shapes that cannot be viably manufactured any other way
  • The machines are also the ultimate expression of "just-in-time" manufacturing: a company can manufacture a needed part instantly, right on the spot, rather than depend on the old system that required parts to be manufactured in mass quantities, stored in massive warehouses and shipped to far-flung locations.
  • To further lower the resource footprint on our products, some researchers are working on attaching recycling machines to allow manufacturers and hobbyists to reduce their ordering of raw injection materials which they have to order from somewhere else
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  • When printed items break or need replacement, home users could simply recycle them into the machine, creating a cradle-to-cradle system—the Holy Grail for recycling advocates
  • ofloro on 13 Feb 14
     
    3-D printing!
kdavis5

The Pros and Cons of 3D Printing « Phil for Humanity - 2 views

www.philforhumanity.com/3D_Printing.html

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  • Products can more quickly go from just a design to an actual prototype.
  • Manufacturing Options: 3D printing provides a wide variety of manufactured products, including customizable products and even an individual’s personal designs. Rapid Prototyping: Products can more quickly go from just a design to an actual prototype. Manufacturing Speed: Just like the previous advantage, the manufacturing speed for a large number of final products is equally fast. Reduced Costs: Even though the initial setup costs are higher, 3D printing has become cheaper than cheap labor in third world countries. Additionally, the costs of 3D printing are still decreasing, with the potential of 3D printers in homes in the near future. Furthermore, the costs of customized products are the same for mass production products. Warehousing: With traditional manufacturing technologies, it is much faster and cheaper to manufacture additional products that you probably know that you will eventually need. However with 3D printing, only products that are sold need to be manufactured, thus warehousing of excess inventory is significantly less needed. More Jobs: More engineers are needed to design and build 3D printers, and more technicians are needed to maintain, use, and fix 3D printers too. Additionally, with the lower cost of manufacturing, more designers and artists would be able deliver their products to the market. Even more domestic jobs for shipping these products should be created too. Medical: One of the innovative products that 3D printing may provide is the manufacturing of customizable human body parts or organs. While these usages are still experimental, the potential advantages are huge. Imagine doctors quickly building and replacing critical organs, such as the heart, lungs, or liver that will have almost no chance of donor rejection, since the organs will be built using the patients’ unique characters and DNA.
    • hskinner
      hskinner on 18 Feb 14
       
      ADVANTAGES for 3-D printing 
  • Fewer Manufacturing Jobs: As with all new technologies, manufacturing jobs will decrease. This disadvantage can and will have a large impact to the economies of third world countries, especially China, that depend on a large number of low skill jobs. Limited Materials: Currently, 3D printers only manufacture products out of plastic, resin, certain metals, and ceramics. 3D printing of products in mixed materials and technology, such as circuit boards, are still under development. Copyright: With 3D printing becoming more common, the printing of copyrighted products to create counterfeit items will become more common and nearly impossible to determine. Dangerous Items: 3D printers can create dangerous items, such as guns and knives, with very little or no oversight. More Useless Stuff: One of the dangers of 3D printers is that they will be used to create more useless stuff that is bad for the environment and wallets. Fortunately, there are new methods of automatically recycling objects made by 3D printers that hold promise of better recycling in the future. Size: Currently, 3D printers are limited with the size of the products that they can create. Ultimately, large items, such as houses and building, could be created using 3D printers.
    • hskinner
      hskinner on 18 Feb 14
       
      DISADVANTAGES for 3-D printing
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    • kdavis5
      kdavis5 on 18 Feb 14
       
      Advantages of 3D Printers
  • Manufacturing Options: 3D printing provides a wide variety of manufactured products, including customizable products and even an individual’s personal designs. Rapid Prototyping: Products can more quickly go from just a design to an actual prototype. Manufacturing Speed: Just like the previous advantage, the manufacturing speed for a large number of final products is equally fast. Reduced Costs: Even though the initial setup costs are higher, 3D printing has become cheaper than cheap labor in third world countries. Additionally, the costs of 3D printing are still decreasing, with the potential of 3D printers in homes in the near future. Furthermore, the costs of customized products are the same for mass production products. Warehousing: With traditional manufacturing technologies, it is much faster and cheaper to manufacture additional products that you probably know that you will eventually need. However with 3D printing, only products that are sold need to be manufactured, thus warehousing of excess inventory is significantly less needed. More Jobs: More engineers are needed to design and build 3D printers, and more technicians are needed to maintain, use, and fix 3D printers too. Additionally, with the lower cost of manufacturing, more designers and artists would be able deliver their products to the market. Even more domestic jobs for shipping these products should be created too. Medical: One of the innovative products that 3D printing may provide is the manufacturing of customizable human body parts or organs. While these usages are still experimental, the potential advantages are huge. Imagine doctors quickly building and replacing critical organs, such as the heart, lungs, or liver that will have almost no chance of donor rejection, since the organs will be built using the patients’ unique characters and DNA.
    • kdavis5
      kdavis5 on 18 Feb 14
       
      Disadvantages of 3D Printers
    • kdavis5
      kdavis5 on 18 Feb 14
       
      3D Printing summary
  • Fewer Manufacturing Jobs: As with all new technologies, manufacturing jobs will decrease. This disadvantage can and will have a large impact to the economies of third world countries, especially China, that depend on a large number of low skill jobs. Limited Materials: Currently, 3D printers only manufacture products out of plastic, resin, certain metals, and ceramics. 3D printing of products in mixed materials and technology, such as circuit boards, are still under development. Copyright: With 3D printing becoming more common, the printing of copyrighted products to create counterfeit items will become more common and nearly impossible to determine. Dangerous Items: 3D printers can create dangerous items, such as guns and knives, with very little or no oversight. More Useless Stuff: One of the dangers of 3D printers is that they will be used to create more useless stuff that is bad for the environment and wallets. Fortunately, there are new methods of automatically recycling objects made by 3D printers that hold promise of better recycling in the future. Size: Currently, 3D printers are limited with the size of the products that they can create. Ultimately, large items, such as houses and building, could be created using 3D printers.
  • With the advantages of 3D printing, mankind may be entering a new post-industrial manufacturing age where products are significantly cheaper and built quicker than ever before, however the disadvantages of 3D printing needs to be known to be better understood and mitigated against.
  • Fewer Manufacturing Jobs: As with all new technologies, manufacturing jobs will decrease. This disadvantage can and will have a large impact to the economies of third world countries, especially China, that depend on a large number of low skill jobs. Limited Materials: Currently, 3D printers only manufacture products out of plastic, resin, certain metals, and ceramics. 3D printing of products in mixed materials and technology, such as circuit boards, are still under development. Copyright: With 3D printing becoming more common, the printing of copyrighted products to create counterfeit items will become more common and nearly impossible to determine. Dangerous Items: 3D printers can create dangerous items, such as guns and knives, with very little or no oversight. More Useless Stuff: One of the dangers of 3D printers is that they will be used to create more useless stuff that is bad for the environment and wallets. Fortunately, there are new methods of automatically recycling objects made by 3D printers that hold promise of better recycling in the future. Size: Currently, 3D printers are limited with the size of the products that they can create. Ultimately, large items, such as houses and building, could be created using 3D printers.
  • Manufacturing Options: 3D printing provides a wide variety of manufactured products, including customizable products and even an individual’s personal designs. Rapid Prototyping: Products can more quickly go from just a design to an actual prototype. Manufacturing Speed: Just like the previous advantage, the manufacturing speed for a large number of final products is equally fast. Reduced Costs: Even though the initial setup costs are higher, 3D printing has become cheaper than cheap labor in third world countries. Additionally, the costs of 3D printing are still decreasing, with the potential of 3D printers in homes in the near future. Furthermore, the costs of customized products are the same for mass production products. Warehousing: With traditional manufacturing technologies, it is much faster and cheaper to manufacture additional products that you probably know that you will eventually need. However with 3D printing, only products that are sold need to be manufactured, thus warehousing of excess inventory is significantly less needed. More Jobs: More engineers are needed to design and build 3D printers, and more technicians are needed to maintain, use, and fix 3D printers too. Additionally, with the lower cost of manufacturing, more designers and artists would be able deliver their products to the market. Even more domestic jobs for shipping these products should be created too. Medical: One of the innovative products that 3D printing may provide is the manufacturing of customizable human body parts or organs. While these usages are still experimental, the potential advantages are huge. Imagine doctors quickly building and replacing critical organs, such as the heart, lungs, or liver that will have almost no chance of donor rejection, since the organs will be built using the patients’ unique characters and DNA.
  • Fewer Manufacturing Jobs: As with all new technologies, manufacturing jobs will decrease. This disadvantage can and will have a large impact to the economies of third world countries, especially China, that depend on a large number of low skill jobs. Limited Materials: Currently, 3D printers only manufacture products out of plastic, resin, certain metals, and ceramics. 3D printing of products in mixed materials and technology, such as circuit boards, are still under development. Copyright: With 3D printing becoming more common, the printing of copyrighted products to create counterfeit items will become more common and nearly impossible to determine. Dangerous Items: 3D printers can create dangerous items, such as guns and knives, with very little or no oversight. More Useless Stuff: One of the dangers of 3D printers is that they will be used to create more useless stuff that is bad for the environment and wallets. Fortunately, there are new methods of automatically recycling objects made by 3D printers that hold promise of better recycling in the future. Size: Currently, 3D printers are limited with the size of the products that they can create. Ultimately, large items, such as houses and building, could be created using 3D printers.
thuynh

» Pros And Cons Of 3D Printing - 1 views

www.responsiblenanocode.org/...s-and-cons-of-3d-printing.html

3-d printing pros cons

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    • thuynh
      thuynh on 18 Feb 14
       
      Getting your work done faster.
  • The pros of using 3D printing would include making processes finish faster
    • thuynh
      thuynh on 18 Feb 14
       
      The process of the company would take faster.
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  • process would be shortened
    • thuynh
      thuynh on 18 Feb 14
       
      People can print dangerous weapons.
  • One of the disadvantages of using 3D printing is the possible manufacturing of dangerous weapons.
    • thuynh
      thuynh on 18 Feb 14
       
      People could lose jobs.
  • However, many people would lose jobs especially those that are working in the prototyping industry.
  • thuynh on 18 Feb 14
     
    Pros and Cons
Zach Ewbank

3D Printing Risks: Not Just Plastic Guns, But Military Parts, Drugs And Chemical Weapons - 1 views

www.ibtimes.com/drugs-chemical-weapons-1275591

printing risks plastic guns military parts chemical drugs weapons

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  • . But it also opens the door to making counterfeit parts for commercial or defense operations, designed for sabotage.
  • But the ability to print drugs on demand necessarily raises the prospect that people might print out recreational drugs -- or worse.
  • but there will be an increased capability for a small organization to create sophisticated biological or chemical weaponry,
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  • The case of meth may offer an instructive model. The trend of using decongestants to synthesize meth prompted Congress to pass a law in 2005 putting identification checks, purchase limits and other restrictions in place for Sudafed and similar drugs.
  • “It’s definitely a knee-jerk reaction in Washington to regulate 3-D printers,” Wohlers said. “It’s only going to cut our own throats.”
  • 3D Printing Risks: Not Just Plastic Guns, But Military Parts, Drugs And Chemical Weapons
Kathy Laffoon

Meet The Man Who Created The 3D Printed Gun - Business Insider - 1 views

www.businessinsider.com/ated-the-3d-printed-gun-2014-2

3-d printer gun

shared by Kathy Laffoon on 13 Feb 14 - No Cached
  • any nut with access to a 3D printer can print one in the privacy of their bedroom
    • Kathy Laffoon
      Kathy Laffoon on 13 Feb 14
       
      laws
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