Your replicator rations have been increased

Your replicator rations have been increased

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by Selby Evans (Thinkerer Melville)

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Sure. The tech been around for a long time.  But now the economics have changed.  

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http://www.shapeways.com/model/199442/mini_city.html?gid=cg14

Mini City in full color sandstone

$ 262.56 

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http://www.shapeways.com/about/how_does_it_work

"We define 3D printing as any additive manufacturing process whereby one machine turns a

digital file into a finished physical object by building up that object layer by layer."

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Plastic objects in 10 working days

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Metal objects in 14 working days

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Creation-- details

http://www.shapeways.com/upload/about

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"Create a model in almost any 3D modeling or CAD software"

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Export to STL, Collada or X3D file.

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"You can also let others order your model if you want."

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Possibilities:

Artists create art in virtual worlds, get evaluations, sell objects as solids with companies like this.

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Artists in virtual worlds take commissions, build models, in VR, make deliveries via 3d printing.

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Architects and others who need models (eg, for rapid prototyping), hire VR builders to create the digital versions and to export them for 3d printing. 

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Of course, this kind of thing is not like a game.  

• There is a steep learning curve.  
• Doing this takes time. 
• Getting set up is inconvenient.   
• So it won't work.

Except for a small number of people who don't understand obstacles.

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