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Thread: Flying 3D Printer
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05-07-2014, 10:25 AM #1
Flying 3D Printer
Ok, now this is a bit wild and crazy, but still worth mentioning. A London man has created what is likely the world's first 3D printer that flies. Basically it is a drone which has a module attached that can shoot out a chemical composition. When the chemical hits the air it turns to a foam like material. This drone was created to help in moving dangerous objects, but the technology could be modified for a variety of uses. More details are here: http://3dprint.com/3331/flying-3d-printer/
Basically it could eventually be modified to become a flying 3d printer which can fly up to bridges or other out of reach areas to do repairs via 3d printing. What are your thought? Here is a video of the 3d printing drone:
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05-07-2014, 12:11 PM #2
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I'm a little confused as to why the spray drone and the plate drone needed to be seperate drones...
But perhaps yes, this could be used to print in a way with very low resolution. The more interesting part of this speculative technology would be a bridge repair that you can just spray onto the problem area.
Kind of makes me want to put a can of espanding insulation foam onto a drone now and make some Nazca line style wall structures.
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