“There is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come.” Victor Hugo
http://vitormagalhaes.com/index.php/2012/10/24/revolucao-impressao-3d/3dprinting/ Much of the latest technological innovations are simple incremental improvements on existing services, solutions or devices.
Iphone 5 is an incremental improvement on Iphone 4s. Facebook? Incremental improvement over other social networks. Twitter? Blogging + SMS.
3D printing, promise and excitement! Enthusiasm for the ability to (r)evolve everything. Manufacturing processes, industries, ability to do and build, creativity, control of rights, legislation and a number of issues that I am not even able to describe or imagine.
The latest developments in this technology, with the creation of faster, cheaper, color-based printers, collaborative sharing (creating new prospects for peer-to-peer) and the creation of “early starters*” communities in “ home 3D printing ” that build their own 3D printer from “Do it Yourself” kits We have the example of Celso ), bring the spirit of “open source” from the digital world to the physical world.
It's only a matter of time before there is a 3D printer, much more powerful than any of the current ones, in any home and everything will be able to be produced literally... “@home”!
At that time, the production of any object will no longer depend on limited production chains, location and perhaps the most disruptive regulation in manufacturing.
If we think that a 3D printer can allow the printing of 100% of its own components, we easily realize that production possibilities can, in theory, become unlimited.
We enter a new economy of scale for the production of goods and products (physical or digital). 3D printing, combined with the free and distributed nature of the information created by the Internet and the P2P networks (peer-to-peer), promises to eliminate the threat that, as it emerged from the information, some objects/products may be the exclusive property of some, being denied all the others who need them. Where there is information and a 3D printer, there may be a product.
And this... may be the beginning of a great new (R)evolution!
** Curiosities:**
- In the category of "had to be": DRM - Digital Rights*
Nathan Myhrvold, ex-CTO Microsoft managed to register a patent on the use of DRM (Digital Rights Management) in 3D printing.
The aim, in addition to the profit with licensing, is to try to force that before a 3D printing it is necessary to validate whether there is an authorization for such printing.
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Opinion:* To date, all DRM schemes have been broken or bypassed. IMO, DRM schemes, rather than protecting rights, serve to accentuate differences between users (between those who bypass them and those who do not.
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In the category of “speak and think”:* ** 3D weapons**
The possession of “weapons” has always been, and will be, a controversial topic and generating discussion. Recently, 3D printing gained additional attention when the “ Defense Distributed ” a group of DIYers (Do It Yourselfers) initiated the development of a weapon that can be printed in 3D. The project promises not to have commercial objectives and to keep the plans of this weapon public.
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Z Corp is one of the companies that stands out in the world of 3D printing by proprietary printing technology from a special “dust” that offers us some of the most impressive examples of 3D printing... in color!
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FormLab is one of the most recent manufacturers in the spotlight for the promise of launching in the market a low-cost 3D printer you want on your desk.
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Other reference manufacturer (ex-DYI).
- In the category of “I want:)”: Kits to “mount at home”*
Ultimateer:
RapMan 3D Printer Kit