3D printed guns

[Big Bad Sven]

Personally, I'd rather the plans for Jessica Alba were available, but the 3D gun might help clear a path to the real version of her.

What are your thoughts about the implications of such game changing technology?

Imagine the porno industry getting its hands on this technology.

I would imagine the 'money shot' would be so realistic you would duck for cover

[George S.]

yeah we could create replica macedonians complete with the cause modules & no slave mentality.The problem is the existing macedonians will reprogram them to the fyrom way.

[Risto the Great]

A New 3D-Printed Gun Is Here, And It's Cheaper And Stronger Than Ever

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/20/new-3d-gun_n_3308533.html

It's just as we suspected and feared. After the first 3D-printed gun was created and released by a company called Defense Distributed, copycat firearm printers are popping up. A man who goes by "Joe" has created a newer, sturdier and cheaper 3D-printed gun that he calls the "Lulz Liberator," and now there's a video of the gun firing.

The Lulz Liberator is scary for a few reasons. First of all, it is ridiculously cheap. It cost $25 to print on Joe's $1,725 3D printer, Forbes reports. It's also robust. This gun seems sturdier than the original 3D gun. "One plastic barrel survived eight shots," according to the YouTube video's description. The technology has already come pretty far in just a few weeks. Imagine what a few years will bring?

Read the whole story at Forbes.

In May, Defense Distributed, the company that created and disseminated the first 3D gun blueprint, was forced to take the blueprints off of its site by the U.S. State Department. The gun blueprint then quickly found its way to Pirate Bay, where it has remained ever since.

"I'm not an anarchist," Joe tells Forbes, "but I don’t like the idea that the government is telling us ‘You can’t have that.’” Thankfully for us all, Joe has yet to release the blueprints to the public.

http://youtu.be/g3eDSGVsLQU

The important point to note from the Youtube link is "Thank god. Now we're safe from Magneto"

[Vangelovski]

If the printer's are eventually capable of using metals instead of just plastics, then that could change everything.

Apparently the concept was taken from a World War II design:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FP-45_Liberator

[Risto the Great]

Not just metals. Other synthetic materials are already being tested.
And the holy grail is already underway .... a 3D printed pizza!

[RedAndYellowBlood]

They wouldn't let us in for fear we might tear down some Ventilators and whatnot.

That would be the first thing I tell them to do, get rid of all the fake flags!!!

[RedAndYellowBlood]

LOL.......let's start with just "Men" then we'll work our way up to the Iron ones!

Haha that does sound more reasonable!

[RedAndYellowBlood]

printing your own gun,that is a start eventually they could print anything.

I watched a video about 3D organ printing, watched someone print a human heart using someones DNA, f****** bizzare!

Ill find the link and post it up!

[Risto the Great]

I think it is an amazing new industry that has ground breaking potential.