For those saying that 3D printers will ruin the global economy: The money saved by not needing to buy such products anymore will be spent on OTHER things such as services and entertainment, creating jobs in other markets. Also, almost everything will be much cheaper so people wont need as much money and work to trade for goods. The result will be freeing the human race of pointless work such as working in industries and allow us to pursue higher goals, such as arts, science, entertainment and spiritual development.
I still remember watching a documentary about "revolutionary technology" like 5 years ago, where they introduced world's first 3d printer, able to produce an almost shapless, but solid fork in about 3 hours. Now a 3d printer can make a freaking weapon and its been only 5 years. Man.
Yay, Shapeways! I'll admit that Shapeways is the site that really opened my eyes to 3D printing and I suggest that anyone who is interested in what they see here should go and see what is available on that site.
We have just started a company which we hope will bring 3D printing into the home. Our Kickstarter project which promotes our company, thrint, will hopefully do that but we need pledges to make it happen. TH-cam videos like this one are great to spread the excitement but we do need to get it into the home to make it mainstream.
For the plastic or metal 3d printing: yes it may be bad if there isn't a way to recycle. But in theory, you could melt down what you build and add it back into the process(shown briefly in this video but not commented on). For food and cell printing it won't be an issue as what is made is consumed or used shortly after creation. In short there would have to be a system put in place for such recycling but it is a possible part of the creation process.
It has been done, "Cube" is one example. I have seen many other printers that are made from 90-95 percent 3d printed components. There is a bit of a race to perfect printing printers, but in a few years you should be able to print out a fully assembled 3d printer in a single print.
I remember hearing so many people saying "what would anyone do with a computer in their home?". I remember hearing others say "a wireless phone is only for the rich people". Home computer, wireless phone, what will they call a 3D printer in another 10 years (replicator)? I think we are witnesses to the leading edge of another revolution. Maybe the USA could be a leader in this technology.
All sorts of things. I recall them mentioning concrete in the video. But typically things are made from various types of plastics, titanium, rubber, ceramics, or whatever you want. NASA is developing a type of 3D printing that uses a kindof MIG welding gun that can even be used in the vacuum of space (3D print robots/spacecraft IN SPACE!), it extrudes from a spool of metal wire and melts it with an electron beam, it uses no shielding gas - only metal wire and electricity. It's quite exciting!
Easily done with a couple web cams, a printer, and some time. Can't remember where, but some one on TH-cam has done this(Thinking Technut but not sure)
Several people, families or groups could collaborate on projects with each party producing a different part or parts of the whole. The cost for the printers are $1400+ -- the price of a good used car -- well within the reach of millions of average people. The plastic filament costs $48 - $90 per kilo(2.2 lbs).
If you think about this technology really isn't new, it's been used for decades to make copies of toys, cars, clothing furniture etc. This is just a newer version where the process is done more instantly and all at once.
not just creativity but i hope it helps combat the planned obsolescence of most products we have today. imagine instead of throwing away something cause they say they dont make this product anymore and its cheaper to replace you just download the models from an archive and print it.
Right now only a few materials can be used like plastic soft metals and Rock like substances but in the next 10-20 years we could see like they said living tissue metal alloys almost anything be used. This is revolutionizing the world I suggest u get one before they all bloom in price
i'd say it's returning to the old days. think of a blacksmiths, bakers, carpenters, there were guilds, apprentices, journeymen. each village had people that lived locally that could spit out metal parts, furniture, cloth, everything that was needed to keep a town running, the materials were often shipped from far away. with 3d printers, it'll mostly go local again, there will still be some need of suppliers, the ability to recycle and build anything locally will be a good thing i say.
Depends on what your definition of durable is, and what material you are printing in. You can print in many materials including rubber, silicone, titanium, silver, concrete, sandstone, various plastics, wax, chocolate, etc. 3d printers that laser-sinter titanium, print parts that are used on aircraft, and afaik there is experiments underway to print full sized military battle tanks as a single piece, an armour shell - slowly rising outof the gigantic print bed. So yes, it's plenty durable.
I don't even know what to think anymore. 20 years for now we will be printing all our stuff, cars, clothes, tvs, computers, etc... I can see a lot of bankruptcy for a lot of companies. This is a crazy invention.
Actually, Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) is able to produce strong metal parts directly. Obviously the surfaces are not as smooth as machined surfaces, so you'd still have to bore the cylinders and so on. But that is pretty cool nonetheless. Of course, DMLS is way way beyond the crappy FDM machines shown in this video.
it looks awesome and i ve been kind of following this for the past years... but i m still wondering , how can it mix fabric ? i mean u show some stuff with leather and i m skeptical cause i doubt it can start with plastic , and print in leather?? or is it fake leather ? anyway
Yes. Projects such as the "REPRAP" aim for this, and most 3D DIY printers can already print out many of their own parts. Motors and electronics are still a challenge to print though, and thus most self-replicating 3D printers still require a lot of what they call "vitamin parts" such as motors and electronics, and are thus not fully self-replicating designs yet.
resources will still be a factor. These things still need the people to gather the resources to feed into the printers that make the printers, people still need to deliver the printers, and thus need the materials to upkeep the infrastructure with which to do so, and they will also need to maintain the infrastructures with which to power the devices and share the information and raise the new generations and maintain shelter. So basically, the social contract will still be a thing.
don't forget to toss the old one into the grinder, so you can print out another new one later. maybe just print out a backup car to keep in the garage.
You wouldn't, but an automaker with billions of dollars ready to invest on this technology certainly will be capable of such thing. Imagine a dealership where your car is made from scratch. Parts would be made by 3D printers and assembly would be made by robotic arms. Basically buying a car would be like buying one of those penny plate souvenirs on theme parks and zoos, just with less cranking.
3d Printers have been around over a decade, but they were rather primitive and expensive in the beginning. Most could only print to low to medium resolution and were usually made of thing like a starch mixture. Buildup took place buy extruding the binder into layers of the starch getting them to stick together. Thus when you took it out you could just shake out the model and it would be left behind, a "cookie." In the last few years they can print in ABS plastic,wax,metal,cells all in hi-res
I'm understanding the idea of designs on the computers, but I'm too lazy to Google right now. Can someone tell me how the printers finely make specific items from materials? Like, do they use a gel, a clay, paints? And what about metal or wood works? Food? I'm curious but lazy here
Interesting, but I was hoping to see some more questions answered; like is it able to 'print' metal objects? A computer, for example, is made of many different kinds of metals and chemical components, and these are complex stuff, manufactured in chemical labs. How exactly is a 3D printed assemble all that? Will I simply purchase dusted Silicon, dusted Iron, dusted Carbon and feed it to my printer?
Actually, you can! There are a few parts (if memory serves) that you can't yet (mainly the electronics, i assume), but you could print every other one.
The limited raw materials are essentially unlimited (in effect) when you actually consider how cheap labor is for 3d printing relative to traditional manufacturing.
Depends on the type of stuff you're printing. There's going to be different polymers with different specs: strength, flexibility, impact resistance, hardness, etc. Oh and there's the bio stuff. As a base, The Cube 3D printer uses $50 cartridges that you can get 15 "average sized" print out of. I'm not sure how big "average" is but the biggest thing you can make with The Cube is 5.5" tall. I got this from DNews at /watch?v=hPNxm5sWJIk
I thought in the 90's that greeting cards would be totally replaced thanks to ink jet printers but that hasn't been the case. It could be that like with cards, people will think 3D printing is too much bother even if it would be more sensible. People who throw out a garment when a button pops off are probably not going to print a new button on their printer in the future and instead still just toss it out and go the store for a new one. So maybe you are right, but strangely enough maybe not.
At the speed technology is moving today, I think we will be seeing smaller home versions of 3D printers in just a few more years. Companies will have to adapt to this new technology selling you the 3D printable file online, which you can then download and print this new item you purchased. Similar to the way I Tunes sells you music instead of you buying the CD. WoW, I also think this is going to be an amazing technology once mastered in maybe 15 years and lets you print all types of materials.
It's already in the market... sort of... only by one company so far since almost anybody could make firearms from it. I'm not sure what type of metal it is, but was said to be more solid than steel after getting soaked in a secret watery substance then heated properly.
3d printers will change the world, the price will continue to get cheaper and the quality will continue to go up. Soon everybody will have a 3d printer and right now we are kind of "just before the storm" but I can guarantee you this will change manufacturing as we know it in the coming years.
I feel as time goes on, a 3d printer will be built in every house. That way, instead of wasting presidiums material by mass production, you make what you need when you need it. If only they can figure out other materials besides plastic and skin you would have endless opportunities.
I agree that there will still be a large number of things you'll want to go to a store to get printed with a better 3D printer but there's a whole slew of purely functional things that would be eliminated from stores.
That's kind of like asking what makes a personal computer different from a super computer. The cheaper this stuff gets, the more common it will be in the household. You'll no longer need to buy certain things at retail (with all of the transportation costs and manufacturing costs and etc etc) but instead can print it yourself much cheaper.
We were impressed by the video, looking forward to the next. We are a small 3D modeling software startup completely bootstrapped and tooks us 5 years to develop our real-time collaborative CAD.? Would be great if you had time to check our software SolidFace.
Remember in Star Ocean 3 where the main character was on an underdeveloped planet, so he had to get the ship to generate a sword for him? I'm thinking that 3D printed swords would be pretty sweet. Not very strong, probably, but still!
Patents just register you as the original creator for the records. If patents prevented others from creating or improving then we would not have modern lights, homes, cars, computers or anything. Intellectual Property refers to the ideas put behind creative art items, stories, movies, etc. An example would be if I wrote a story it is my property, if a company wants to make a movie out of it I could decline the offer. The book that gets created uses someones patent for the books creation process
a liver is one of the few organs that, if you cut out a chunk, it'll grow back, one can probably be grown in a bag and implanted parallel to the original with little trouble. two livers, every so often cut a chunk out of the old one... if you can find a doctor willing to try it... it might be easier than most people think.
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Impressive, unimaginable, unbelievable!
For those saying that 3D printers will ruin the global economy:
The money saved by not needing to buy such products anymore will be spent on OTHER things such as services and entertainment, creating jobs in other markets. Also, almost everything will be much cheaper so people wont need as much money and work to trade for goods.
The result will be freeing the human race of pointless work such as working in industries and allow us to pursue higher goals, such as arts, science, entertainment and spiritual development.
One of the best comment I ever saw in youtube
Yes, sorted.
It's almost scary how far we've come with technology! I love it.
Thank you to the people who helped develop the 3D printer!
I still remember watching a documentary about "revolutionary technology" like 5 years ago, where they introduced world's first 3d printer, able to produce an almost shapless, but solid fork in about 3 hours. Now a 3d printer can make a freaking weapon and its been only 5 years. Man.
I love that dubstep is in the backround of every commercial now
Yay, Shapeways! I'll admit that Shapeways is the site that really opened my eyes to 3D printing and I suggest that anyone who is interested in what they see here should go and see what is available on that site.
Once again PBSoffbook finds an interesting topic and makes a superb and informative video on it. Great job guys.
Buy a 3D printer. Print a 3D printer. Sell 3D printer.
Perfect idea.. But I think buy 3D Printer.. Print Donald Trump to be your gardener.. Print Hilary Clinton to be your maid..
lmaoooooooo.
welcome to the new age period. as an artist, I see everything ive ever drawn come to 3D life! its f'n incredible
We have just started a company which we hope will bring 3D printing into the home. Our Kickstarter project which promotes our company, thrint, will hopefully do that but we need pledges to make it happen. TH-cam videos like this one are great to spread the excitement but we do need to get it into the home to make it mainstream.
saw a video that shows where you can get all those parts, but you still need the electronic components.
Organs and bones, too. I'm surprised they left out the large scale house production printer guys. Functionally a solid marble building.
i believe they already do! Saw it somewhere cant remember but the machines will build others (outside of circuitry etc)
For the plastic or metal 3d printing: yes it may be bad if there isn't a way to recycle. But in theory, you could melt down what you build and add it back into the process(shown briefly in this video but not commented on). For food and cell printing it won't be an issue as what is made is consumed or used shortly after creation. In short there would have to be a system put in place for such recycling but it is a possible part of the creation process.
It has been done, "Cube" is one example. I have seen many other printers that are made from 90-95 percent 3d printed components. There is a bit of a race to perfect printing printers, but in a few years you should be able to print out a fully assembled 3d printer in a single print.
I remember hearing so many people saying "what would anyone do with a computer in their home?". I remember hearing others say "a wireless phone is only for the rich people". Home computer, wireless phone, what will they call a 3D printer in another 10 years (replicator)? I think we are witnesses to the leading edge of another revolution. Maybe the USA could be a leader in this technology.
on the side bar there are videos that talk about some of that. like the one about printing metal objects...
All sorts of things. I recall them mentioning concrete in the video. But typically things are made from various types of plastics, titanium, rubber, ceramics, or whatever you want.
NASA is developing a type of 3D printing that uses a kindof MIG welding gun that can even be used in the vacuum of space (3D print robots/spacecraft IN SPACE!), it extrudes from a spool of metal wire and melts it with an electron beam, it uses no shielding gas - only metal wire and electricity. It's quite exciting!
What kind of materials do they use for printing? Cant wait to have stores sell them here.. I'll definitely save up to buy em! :)
Easily done with a couple web cams, a printer, and some time. Can't remember where, but some one on TH-cam has done this(Thinking Technut but not sure)
Dude! 5 years?! More like it just started! The video just showed a working adjustable wrench!
Several people, families or groups could collaborate on projects with each party producing a different part or parts of the whole. The cost for the printers are $1400+ -- the price of a good used car -- well within the reach of millions of average people. The plastic filament costs $48 - $90 per kilo(2.2 lbs).
If you think about this technology really isn't new, it's been used for decades to make copies of toys, cars, clothing furniture etc. This is just a newer version where the process is done more instantly and all at once.
this is a real concern - of course the hardest part is getting the materials - but thats no that far away
Fantastic report. Still wondering what this thing at 0:10 is. Looks awesome!
I'm mind blown not because of 3D printing but because of the amount of people who are just recently aware about 3D printing.
not just creativity but i hope it helps combat the planned obsolescence of most products we have today. imagine instead of throwing away something cause they say they dont make this product anymore and its cheaper to replace you just download the models from an archive and print it.
Anyone know which artist made that 3D printing of that head sculpture. It's beautiful, I want to learn more about it
u cant do that since ink cartridge has a little metal plate that indicates if it can be used or not, its like serial codings
What would they use as the source material for the 3d printed food I wonder...Obviously not plastic.
Right now only a few materials can be used like plastic soft metals and Rock like substances but in the next 10-20 years we could see like they said living tissue metal alloys almost anything be used. This is revolutionizing the world I suggest u get one before they all bloom in price
It is still a technology in its infancy though. When television first came out nobody ever thought you'd possibly be able to have color images.
Oh! I see some credits in the description already!
That seems pretty quick!
This technology is simply mind blowing!
I'm confused about what materials can be used to print things at this point. Can someone clarify?
i'd say it's returning to the old days. think of a blacksmiths, bakers, carpenters, there were guilds, apprentices, journeymen. each village had people that lived locally that could spit out metal parts, furniture, cloth, everything that was needed to keep a town running, the materials were often shipped from far away. with 3d printers, it'll mostly go local again, there will still be some need of suppliers, the ability to recycle and build anything locally will be a good thing i say.
Depends on what your definition of durable is, and what material you are printing in.
You can print in many materials including rubber, silicone, titanium, silver, concrete, sandstone, various plastics, wax, chocolate, etc.
3d printers that laser-sinter titanium, print parts that are used on aircraft, and afaik there is experiments underway to print full sized military battle tanks as a single piece, an armour shell - slowly rising outof the gigantic print bed.
So yes, it's plenty durable.
20-30 US dollers, but depends on the type of printer, and it is for 1 Kilogram of abc plastic
I don't even know what to think anymore. 20 years for now we will be printing all our stuff, cars, clothes, tvs, computers, etc... I can see a lot of bankruptcy for a lot of companies.
This is a crazy invention.
Will hardware download be possible too?
Actually, Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) is able to produce strong metal parts directly. Obviously the surfaces are not as smooth as machined surfaces, so you'd still have to bore the cylinders and so on. But that is pretty cool nonetheless. Of course, DMLS is way way beyond the crappy FDM machines shown in this video.
6:20 woa, the 3Doodler only became public about a week and a half before this PBS video was released, it's kickstarter hasn't even finished yet!
They need to do one about photography!
it looks awesome and i ve been kind of following this for the past years... but i m still wondering , how can it mix fabric ? i mean u show some stuff with leather and i m skeptical cause i doubt it can start with plastic , and print in leather?? or is it fake leather ? anyway
That is the 3Doodler . It's on KickStarter
Yes.
Projects such as the "REPRAP" aim for this, and most 3D DIY printers can already print out many of their own parts. Motors and electronics are still a challenge to print though, and thus most self-replicating 3D printers still require a lot of what they call "vitamin parts" such as motors and electronics, and are thus not fully self-replicating designs yet.
resources will still be a factor. These things still need the people to gather the resources to feed into the printers that make the printers, people still need to deliver the printers, and thus need the materials to upkeep the infrastructure with which to do so, and they will also need to maintain the infrastructures with which to power the devices and share the information and raise the new generations and maintain shelter.
So basically, the social contract will still be a thing.
I love this subject! As well as 3D scanning.
don't forget to toss the old one into the grinder, so you can print out another new one later. maybe just print out a backup car to keep in the garage.
So, how much is a 3D print cartridge?
And how would you print an combustable engine....
Or even a chassis that can support itself, or the wheels, or the intricate gears and transmission.
You wouldn't, but an automaker with billions of dollars ready to invest on this technology certainly will be capable of such thing. Imagine a dealership where your car is made from scratch. Parts would be made by 3D printers and assembly would be made by robotic arms. Basically buying a car would be like buying one of those penny plate souvenirs on theme parks and zoos, just with less cranking.
3d Printers have been around over a decade, but they were rather primitive and expensive in the beginning. Most could only print to low to medium resolution and were usually made of thing like a starch mixture. Buildup took place buy extruding the binder into layers of the starch getting them to stick together. Thus when you took it out you could just shake out the model and it would be left behind, a "cookie." In the last few years they can print in ABS plastic,wax,metal,cells all in hi-res
Post scarcity economies!!!!! gonna be fun!
Is it durable?
I'm understanding the idea of designs on the computers, but I'm too lazy to Google right now. Can someone tell me how the printers finely make specific items from materials? Like, do they use a gel, a clay, paints? And what about metal or wood works? Food? I'm curious but lazy here
Interesting, but I was hoping to see some more questions answered; like is it able to 'print' metal objects?
A computer, for example, is made of many different kinds of metals and chemical components, and these are complex stuff, manufactured in chemical labs. How exactly is a 3D printed assemble all that? Will I simply purchase dusted Silicon, dusted Iron, dusted Carbon and feed it to my printer?
2:54 What software is this?
My minds has been blown. I want a 3d printer!
I just love this channel. This episode in particular was phenomenal. The future is so exciting!
you've built... actual 3D printers? Is there a manual for it or... just how did you do it?
I actually saw something just like this in the 90's I swear it did the same thing. it was on a commercial I wonder what happened to it.
Actually, you can! There are a few parts (if memory serves) that you can't yet (mainly the electronics, i assume), but you could print every other one.
The limited raw materials are essentially unlimited (in effect) when you actually consider how cheap labor is for 3d printing relative to traditional manufacturing.
I can't wait to get one!!!
How do you legislate this?
1:51 to 3:00...that awesome music. Somebody please tell me whose music is this. I shall downloads!
how much does the printer plastic cost?
Depends on the type of stuff you're printing. There's going to be different polymers with different specs: strength, flexibility, impact resistance, hardness, etc. Oh and there's the bio stuff. As a base, The Cube 3D printer uses $50 cartridges that you can get 15 "average sized" print out of. I'm not sure how big "average" is but the biggest thing you can make with The Cube is 5.5" tall. I got this from DNews at /watch?v=hPNxm5sWJIk
As an artist, I am so, so excited by this. I only wish the tech would hurry up.
Great video! Quite amazing desings on it, inspirational
I thought in the 90's that greeting cards would be totally replaced thanks to ink jet printers but that hasn't been the case. It could be that like with cards, people will think 3D printing is too much bother even if it would be more sensible. People who throw out a garment when a button pops off are probably not going to print a new button on their printer in the future and instead still just toss it out and go the store for a new one. So maybe you are right, but strangely enough maybe not.
At the speed technology is moving today, I think we will be seeing smaller home versions of 3D printers in just a few more years. Companies will have to adapt to this new technology selling you the 3D printable file online, which you can then download and print this new item you purchased. Similar to the way I Tunes sells you music instead of you buying the CD. WoW, I also think this is going to be an amazing technology once mastered in maybe 15 years and lets you print all types of materials.
It's already in the market... sort of... only by one company so far since almost anybody could make firearms from it. I'm not sure what type of metal it is, but was said to be more solid than steel after getting soaked in a secret watery substance then heated properly.
3d printers will change the world, the price will continue to get cheaper and the quality will continue to go up. Soon everybody will have a 3d printer and right now we are kind of "just before the storm" but I can guarantee you this will change manufacturing as we know it in the coming years.
I feel as time goes on, a 3d printer will be built in every house. That way, instead of wasting presidiums material by mass production, you make what you need when you need it. If only they can figure out other materials besides plastic and skin you would have endless opportunities.
How much do they cost?
How so? Because of copyright issues, if left unresolved?
I agree that there will still be a large number of things you'll want to go to a store to get printed with a better 3D printer but there's a whole slew of purely functional things that would be eliminated from stores.
That's kind of like asking what makes a personal computer different from a super computer. The cheaper this stuff gets, the more common it will be in the household. You'll no longer need to buy certain things at retail (with all of the transportation costs and manufacturing costs and etc etc) but instead can print it yourself much cheaper.
In 10 years I expect to see a lot of 3D models on The Pirate Bay to easily print yourself at home
So what makes 3D Printing different to Computer Aided Design and Computer Aided manufacturing?
We were impressed by the video, looking forward to the next. We are a small 3D modeling software startup completely bootstrapped and tooks us 5 years to develop our real-time collaborative CAD.? Would be great if you had time to check our software SolidFace.
Remember in Star Ocean 3 where the main character was on an underdeveloped planet, so he had to get the ship to generate a sword for him?
I'm thinking that 3D printed swords would be pretty sweet. Not very strong, probably, but still!
I wonder if they've figured out how to print cloth-like structures.. Could change the fashion industry lot
I am looking forward to the mass marketing of these printers. Heck, I was surprised to see wal mart selling them for $1200
That's coming along nicely. Great!
Patents just register you as the original creator for the records. If patents prevented others from creating or improving then we would not have modern lights, homes, cars, computers or anything. Intellectual Property refers to the ideas put behind creative art items, stories, movies, etc. An example would be if I wrote a story it is my property, if a company wants to make a movie out of it I could decline the offer. The book that gets created uses someones patent for the books creation process
WHY AM I JUST LEARNING ABOUT THIS? THIS IS FREAKING INSANE
oh my god, me too! We have so much in common!
a liver is one of the few organs that, if you cut out a chunk, it'll grow back, one can probably be grown in a bag and implanted parallel to the original with little trouble. two livers, every so often cut a chunk out of the old one... if you can find a doctor willing to try it... it might be easier than most people think.
You just made my life so much more worth living! :) Thanks!
You win the internet for that question.
Also, if too many people are making weapons or blocks, the 3d printer's software could have "blocks" where it won't let you build that
Makes me even more glad to actually be studying 3D in college lol
*Pop* Noice
I know some company charged 600 for a plastic part of their proprietary machine . Now, I print the plastic part and replace it myself.
It's possible. except for some metal parts, circuit boards and software that needs to be done.
You sure can, Chris. Look up "Rep Rap". The whole movement is based on open-source printers that can replicate themselves for very little money.