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minus-squareNaibofTabr@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up54·edit-23 days ago https://www.3dtide.com/blog/best-3d-printed-cars/ The funny thing about this is that the entire hobbyist 3D printer market we have now grew out of rapid prototyping machines developed by the auto industry in the 80s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_printing People were building their own printers in 2005, with development led by the RepRap project: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RepRap In 2009 the patent for FDM technology expired, which allowed MakerBot to begin selling consumer machines: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MakerBot …which is really when the whole consumer market took off.
minus-squareTotallynotJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44·3 days agoIP holds us back from having so much cool shit.
minus-squarethinkingofyouihaveananxietydisorder@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 days agoyeah. it really needs to end. private property in general was a bad idea.
minus-squareTWeaK@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·3 days agoAlso they 3D print metal eg for rockets.
minus-squareFlexibleToast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 days agoThose machines are crazy expensive though.
minus-squareTWeaK@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 days agoEasy, just download and print the machine.
minus-squareRogueBanana@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoBut how do I print the printer without a printer to print on?
https://www.3dtide.com/blog/best-3d-printed-cars/
The funny thing about this is that the entire hobbyist 3D printer market we have now grew out of rapid prototyping machines developed by the auto industry in the 80s:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_printing
People were building their own printers in 2005, with development led by the RepRap project:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RepRap
In 2009 the patent for FDM technology expired, which allowed MakerBot to begin selling consumer machines:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MakerBot
…which is really when the whole consumer market took off.
IP holds us back from having so much cool shit.
yeah. it really needs to end. private property in general was a bad idea.
Also they 3D print metal eg for rockets.
Those machines are crazy expensive though.
Easy, just download and print the machine.
But how do I print the printer without a printer to print on?