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Since I'm investigating molecular manufacturing
(or atomically precise manufacturing APM - the newer name)
I think I can clarify a bit how this development brought up here ties in into the big...

I think by now it's as good as certain that this natnet printer was a hoax in every respect.
It didn't even draw all that much attention.

I've started collecting relevant bits and pieces about...

If you want to design technical stuff and are ok with programming then OpenSCAD is a good choice.
http://www.openscad.org/
There is also implicitcad but it lacks a good quick preview yet....

I tried printing flexible PLA as a mold for PU. I used silicon spray as release agent. => The mold got destroyed after only one use.
My grey soft PLA behaved like chewing gum :S very little shape...

Reminds me of this eery one:
http://www.michaelbransonsmith.net/blog/2013/06/04/ill-tumblr-for-ya/owens-spaghetti-head/

PLA degrades in porous form only under industrial composting conditions - it should stay ok for quite a while in normal climate.
Black PLA can easily deform in intense sunlight!

I don't really know anymore. Probably through my interests I somehow found shapeways when they just had started.

Own an Ultimaker 1 and really can recommend it.
Only electronics come assembled but it's completely open source so you can check out the schematics and firmware code.
Easy to build and very...

If its an older Golden Retriver I guess it's:
#4) Your dog will be scared to death from the printers sounds.

#1) no problem just frequently clean the axles if accessible and cover up the printer...

There are some gear cards on thingiverse:
http://www.thingiverse.com/search/page:1?q=gear+card&sa=
but I guess those are tedious to make in quantity.

Here in Austria - Vienna not long ago almost no one knew about it.
One guy thought I was talking about printing holograms until I showed him a print.
I'm not sure how it's now since recently there...

Customer reviews on amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Cubify-Cube-Printer-Generation-SILVER/product-reviews/B00B6RCLKI/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1
Cartridge prices are criminal....

Google trends gives an interesting graph:

http://www.google.com/trends/explore?q=google+public+data#q=reprap%2C%20makerbot%2C%20ultimaker%2C%20prusa%20mendel%2C%20solidoodle&cmpt=q

If you use DNA as quasi compression you only can reproduce topology not form and shape of every cell.
The kind of compression present in DNA is obviously not exactly suitable for a printing process....

I guess extrapolating this curves more than two years isn't reliably possible:
http://www.google.com/trends/explore?q=google+public+data#q=3d%20printing&cmpt=q...

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The best solution is an interlocking structure (dovetail joint). ABS should be gluable with acetone (I havent tried it). If the contact area is small and has long contact edges you can plastic weld...

If he has been wanting one for a year now, then he's most probably really interested.

Using e.g. openSCAD as modelling 3D modelling language
teaches geometry math and programming in a playful...

A pear has a rather compact code creating it - the DNA
but every pear created by the same DNA has a different shape
and a completely different arrangement of atoms.
Storing one specific fully...

We know today that biological structures are at the nanoscale floppy and wiggle frantically.
This is the reason why even with very advanced technology they cannot be directly assembled in place by...

Transmutation means changing the atomic number of an element.
Some ways to do this are adding a neutron or an alpha-particle (= naked helium core) to the atomic core or smashing cores together....

To answer the original question - yes I see tremendous potential.

With basic atomically precise productive systems it seems that
all the major problems that currently plague the human society...

To place atoms you don't have to handle subatomic particles like protons and electrons.
It's as good as prooven that 3D Printing on the atomic level is possible.
Single atom manipulation at room...

Hi,
My name is Lukas.
I've sketched and drawn physical gadgets since I can think of.
Somewhere along my way in English education (I'am an Austrian) I guess I was around 17, I got to read an...

A good question.

I hope all of this great inventions are considered
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prior_art
and thus not patentable anymore.
Prerequisit is of course that you publish it to one...