3D printing -- this century's most disruptive innovation?! | David F. Flanders | TEDxHamburg

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[@Mascutting]

3d printing to send stuff from one location to another = first step in teleportation.

[@ConsciousStreams]

Amazing technology! Like anything brought forth it is up to human consciousness to decide how it is used. Thank you

[@GuywithThoughts]

How does it work?! Is there footage of it in action? If so, I'd really like to see it.

[@XSilvenX]

@timemastro What documentary?

[@catmechanic1261]

How about if we start recycling all the floating plastic that is in our oceans and make miles and miles of filament..!

[@PGIFilms]

That would be a great start to cleaning up the environment and turning 3D printing and Plastic manufacturing into a "greener" industry, but the cost of boats, equipment (nets, storage containers, sorters, etc.), and paid man-hours would be too expensive and too economically risky for any company (especially in the US) to consider a profitable endeavor.

[@UncleRice00]

The most obvious way to fix this is to not throw away the plastic in the first place. If people had machines they could drop their plastic into and have filaments come out of it, then throwing away plastic would be seen the same as throwing away money. Getting eople to stop throwing plastic away is always the first step in cleaning up the mess.

[@samhale5413]

Now in 2021 this is currently being done in small scale

[@RonnieBG]

This going to be huge for mechanical parts.I can't wait till I can use this to print out missing joints and gears. For Design its going to be amazing

[@AceObrin]

"What about biodegradable plastics?" RepRap printers like the "Huxley" and RepRap derivatives like Makerbot's "Replicator 2", along with other DIY variations (Eventorbot, Deltabot) can make use of a common biodegradable polymer called PLA -- Poly(Lactic Acid). It's synthesized from starchy renewables like corn or beets and composts in days. RepRap.org is a great place to start for exploring the diversity of projects undertaken by some of the "maker" community.

[@BAMK]

Pretty interesting talk. Thanks for uploading this

[@Ecoeurope]

Dziękuję ładne podsumowanie i prezentacja, wszystko wskazuję na zrodzenie się robotyki "kombajn" czyli wielozadaniowość drukarki 3d łącznie z produkcją "tuszu-plastiku" z petów, butelek i innych materiałów plastikowych, co zrodzi nowy rodzaj branży która aż się prosi i czeka cierpliwie. Jaro

[@victoriasfriedchicken7049]

i bought my first 3d printer a lil over 1 month ago. apparently he was right about the piking of the tech. and i believe the next few years will see a great amount of changes and perfecting in the industry, which will make it even more affordable, easy, and honestly, a lot of fun. if someone is thinkin about buyin one i suggest you do it, without regrets of any sorts. only thing you will need is a lil patience to set it up, but again, we already are on the edge of the next step, which is autoleveling. another thing, experimenting with different materials makes it even cooler, as you will be amazed by what a carbon fiber filament can do, or even PET. i made my own plastic bottle, entirely customized

[@TanzanianRoots]

Immortality will be the greatest disruptor of this century.

[@CptPoo]

@bj8282 He said he didn't want to talk about the technology. There are plenty of other videos out there that talk about the specific technology. His focus is on where the progress of adoption is.

[@SallyMorem]

Once you can replicate anything, including the replicators, you will end economics as we've known it. Radical decentralization as everyone owns their own universal means of production.

[@devwreck192]

I think 3D printing will save this world. It will also help pave the way for further developments in nanotechnology.

[@anotherhuman1935]

Incredible! i'm going to start engineering one

[@AceObrin]

Right. Automation of repetitive tasks through open-source, collaborative design and engineering might give us too much time to actually enjoy living and creating.

[@redpillreality6105]

@xalener i agree its a good thing. the problem is it creates higher unemployment cause our economic system demands labor for employment for purchasing power for consumepsion for economic growth. not everyone can be a farmer.

[@Soldier957]

Thanks!

[@dimensionalyspeaking]

i am getting one as soon as i can...

[@AnonymousKev]

So where would you get the models for printing 3D objects? Companies would probably charge in order to obtain them.

[@DmitriKoslov1]

thingiverse(dot)com

[@MancM]

@SynikaI well it came up @ the moment ;) should have said people of the sun, but i didn't thought of it to be I don't know

[@timemastro]

@XSilvenX zeitgiest moving foward....

[@1patrickov]

I agree, I think its about time we look at what really drives violent criminal behavior. There is a lot of work out there which strongly correlates poverty, materialism, and other aberrations of western society to these violent crimes. The work of Richard Gilligan comes to mind. I have never heard of a terrorist or violent person who was not in some way disenfranchised by society and/or experienced horrible conditions as a child.

[@resurrectionproject5591]

even better, use HEMP filament. then use a DAO to market, recieve orders, and ship. and take customer service. its like a fully automated company from A to B.

[@BigGlokk]

Whoa, this is kinda like that movie 5h Element where that machine "prints" the girl in the movie at the beginning.

[@tacoguy1988]

@MrTzatzikiTv "thats something that can't be printed" There are major research to implement many different technologies in 3D printing. 3D printing can already print complex mechanical parts. watch?v=GzA_7tkKmM0 Only recently has metal printing has become possible. There was a recent breakthrough in printing Graphene which has many promising aspects for the future. Also even the aerospace industry is adopting 3d printing.

[@thevinend]

...and yourself a sense of humor. Perhaps even more important when we are unemployed ;~)

[@itsjaxworld]

Yes! an appliance as big as a microwave that makes paperclips!

[@TagTaTang]

wdf is this? so we print out stuff without actually making it? tell me something that i haven't thought of

[@1patrickov]

This technology will make us rethink our very economic system. If I can print nearly everything I need at my home, then why would I ever pay substantially more to buy a product from a corporation? With much less money in circulation this will spell the end of the monetary market labor for income system. After thousands of years, its about time we rethink our economy.

[@LDSRaichu]

patrickhat_trick I am from the future. The home 3D printing market has crashed. Don't worry, vinyl records are still selling well.

[@XSilvenX]

We could use this for some of the "business" uses or....we could use this as a main constituent to fuel the ideas of a resource based economy, where money is no longer necessary. Capitalism, or rather a monetary system in general can not co-exist with this technology in full fruition as inevitable piracy will occur. It's as simple as that.

[@MancM]

@hunter4hire it's about the idea, who cares about how it was made it is how creative one can be.

[@AsphaltTrouble]

Everyone with a printer will still need to source materials and colouring for their objects. Can you imagine how much stuff people will waste on printing out stuff they don't need (look at how much is already wasted). The materialism of western cultures will go through the roof and the demand for raw materials with it. For this to be truely a success from the consumer perspective, people will have to learn some self control and change there attitudes towards "having things".

[@AdrienneSmackoff21]

Woah, hold on their Einstein. Even if it isn't real the "printers" don't use ink. They seem to use some kinda of polymer substance from the look of it, and also the skin spraying uses stem cells from the person that is going to get sprayed. National Geographic did a special on something similar. They guy in the video also said that building printing, for example, will be using concrete to build what is needed. Just because it says "printer"doesn't mean it uses ink...durr.

[@33Crazydude]

I reckon 3D printing technology could accelerate much faster with considerable government funding.

[@jimmyc451]

there already is "considerable government funding" going into "additive manufacturing"

[@felixccaa]

David Flanders is ponting out, what I am telling the audience in my talks: 3D-Printers are going to change EVERYTHING from economy and production within 20 or 30 years of time. That'S why I propose an Unconditional Basic Income.

[@mrbr549]

The first thing they should print up is the flying cars that were supposed to be in everyone's driveway by now.

[@alteredeffect]

To bad you can't print an education. Reading these comments is painful. I believe the technology is astounding. It's applications are endless. However, this is a very broad overview. I'm curious about the greater implications that 3D printing presents to a lower class individual such as myself.

[@Draphcone]

i don't think it's that bad. maybe i might sound a bit ridiculous, but it's just a simple thought. if such printers take over industries, humans can spend more time on stuff that we can't print, like food. people can then spend more time farming and gardening and stuff and focus more on saving the environment. wood will be replaced by the powder they use to print objects so there will be significantly less trees being cut down every year. maybe it will work this way? :o

[@tbergen1]

@AtmaQuestion You are aware that to print a very destructive bomb, which to my knowledge is a hydrogen bomb or a nuclear bomb, you would need other material than just plastic. All that printer could do is make you the bomb encasement. You would still need the enriched uranium and so on to make a bomb that would "destroy Atlantis." These printers don't just make any material you want out of thin air....you still need to give it the materials to create what you wish.

[@nothingtoofancyy]

everyone would go out of business. I am all for it but I cant imagine what NYC will look like if I can print all of my clothes hah

[@yogeshcyr31]

What about replacing mass manufacturing industries? Is this limited to prototypes?

[@AceObrin]

I'm in complete agreement with you, though 3D printing is not actually that simple if you're trying to do new things like experiment with materials, forms, components of the 3D printer, etc. However, you're otherwise correct: 3D printing's ubiquity will happen, it cannot be stopped, only delayed, and when it does, it will completely disrupt the entire Political Economy we currently suffer with. Open Everything!

[@EdBoonSucks]

Hell Yeah! Even better idea. Anyone can print the living girl of their dreams. Oh man.... I hope I live long enough to see that day.

[@JoostterLaak]

going to print some awesome shit

[@ChrisDoll44]

one can dream....

[@XSilvenX]

@timemastro LOL I didn't know they said that in Zeitgeist Moving Forward... I suppose because I sign off on the idea and discuss it within the parameters of this technology you've taken up some sort of issue with it. You disagree with it and that in itself makes it stupid? Very nice reasoning I must say. Really nice objective argument you have going there. -1 for me as I allowed myself to be trolled.

[@PugzM]

This makes me think of those anti-piracy ads at the beginning of movies... "You wouldn't steal a car." I've always thought, well I would if I could fucking download one! I think this technology will eventually really start to take off, but it's going to be incredibly disruptive. In theory we'd no longer be paying for the manual labour but the energy, material and digital schematics. But think of what we can already pirate. Soon physical objects may be on piratebay.

[@GeoDroidJohn]

@kanefreeman1 These are the same statements made when PC's started appearing in homes and offices.

[@cyberdaemon]

Yeah, but people could be able to fight back too now.

[@darrylsinclair2348]

I just uploaded my first video, ever... You might find it interesting :-) Let me know what you think. I'd love your input. 3D Metal Deposition with Metal wirefeed.

[@Kimx922]

Omg SOPA is gonna react hard on this xD

[@Benivator2]

With this tech when will I just be a tangible object...

[@coltonrush]

"I can print this up tomorrow." Probably not this month. Defiantly cannot print that your first try. #ifyoucantryitseewhathappens

[@gusfanpoon]

2019???

[@MrFastFarmer]

2019 and the fad is dying...

[@catchifyoucan232]

It isn't that they think guns are bad. The issue is that with 3D Printing, the "bad guys" could potentially make guns without going through the government regulations put in place to protect law abiding citizens.

[@timemastro]

@XSilvenX :)

[@smokeweedaily]

If it only uses plastic, how can they make a motorcycle.. idk.. The number one problem I see with 3d printers, is the limit on the materials it can use... He mentioned they're starting to build houses out of concrete, using 3d printers, as well as making art-work out of food.. but seriously now, from plastic to concrete, to nifty little creations with food, I don't see this tech. getting so far..

[@AceObrin]

Like, oh my god, it might put your favorite designer(s), like, out of business! Since, like, anyone who can use a 3D design program can customize their own bag, clothes, etc., (wow, like, colors and stuff, too) and print it. Many examples already on thingiverse(dot)com and other 3D printing sites.

[@TheGreatGYROFLUFF]

torrent a car. AWWWWW YAAAAA

[@Beef1188]

A resource based economy, that's what it will be. No more money since eventually nobody will need it anymore.

[@smokeweedaily]

oop, i'm logged in, my bad

[@xalener]

@redpillreality Well like the other dude in the comments said, this could free up some labor to work on more important shit that DOES need more care than it's getting like farming.

[@redpillreality6105]

@promontorium the market cant continue to compensate for jobs eliminated by technology. when new technology creates new jobs its because the technology is still inefficient so human labor is required. once that technology becomes efficient jobs are eliminated. its not about "printing" its about how much of the work is done by human labor. the more automated it is the less humans are needed to maintain technology the less jobs are available for that technology

[@supermansmokealot]

@ProperSauce u didnt get it...these Japanese will tell us what they need and we will make the items and ship it to them...they wont need to do anything but communicate with us.

[@abanu1000]

7....

[@RootedHat]

wait if you can print body parts, can you print a body and put a brain and tada?

[@kanefreeman1]

3D printing will eliminate human labor in manufacturing. This technology will fundamentally change, if not completely eliminate markets.

[@TX4RonPaul]

@Amodia try DLing a crapload of guns

[@Kimx922]

@OrangeJuiceGamerRawr Yeah but if sopa get's this on their task list, I don't think the boss stops it :P

[@Soldier957]

It's all plastic materials though. The world needs LESS plastic, not more. Some of these printers use PVC which is very unhealthy. What about biodegradable plastics? Are they used at all for these printers? Metals and wood? Glass? Biocompatible materials? What are the choices?

[@redpillreality6105]

this is another example of future technological unemployment. another example of why of our monetary economy is incompatible with technology

[@rachelhaynes89]

I would.... PRINT MONEY!!

[@6essaystudies645]

If TERRORISM USE THIES TECHNOLOGY HOW CAN CONTROL....

[@xalener]

@redpillreality That's the thing. Farming is too broad for a statement like that. Everthing involving consumables need to be rethought. Especially in America. Then again, so does economy in general. It's a shame there's not a chance in hell anyone around the world with authority would actually get their heads together and try to work it out. Especially the ones with huge debts owed to them.

[@aelitastones8012]

I want to grow a new liver

[@Lov2WatchSweetVidz]

It would be hard to blame working people in the future who might feel so threatened by this they organize and rise up, like the Luddites of Britain did, against the mechanization of their life's work.

[@tensa99]

@AtmaQuestion You can print something that looks like a bomb... but you cant print the things that make it go tic...

[@DeviantGodOfEvil]

No...he just assumes things without looking it up for himself like most people.

[@thevinend]

First and foremost-the military, new weapons, aeronautics/aviation our 30,000 drones to be over the US by 2016 as Obama said, likely waiting for quick perfection cheap. Pres know what he is doing in streamlining the military for an efficient kill machine-unfortunately knowing what & why are 2 very different things, insanity IMO

[@sirotti1981]

Mhh... I'm VERY skeptic... I mean: how can i print a solid steel gun in my house? Melting steel, and adding gunpowder? Printing a pen? It does require metal, plastic, ink.. Printing a PLASTIC car? Have fun with the first accident against a metal car... It's a nice idea but... world changing? I think not...

[@RemiStardust]

Almost 7 years later now... fair to say his hype was a bit premature?

[@MrFastFarmer]

In 2019 it's nothing but a toy for Nerds that have turned MGTOW...

[@movieguy992]

am i the only one who doesn't want to wear plastic clothing?

[@xsuploader]

you wont have to. Itll print fabrics eventually too.

[@MacroAggressor]

You already do. Look at the tag on your t shirt.

[@mickcoomer9714]

Fleeces are made from recycled plastic bottles.

[@LDSRaichu]

Home consumer 3D printers were less like DVD players or iphones and more like 3D televisions. Sorry, guys.

[@xsuploader]

Because the technology isnt there yet. There are still breakthroughs being made today.

[@smokeweedaily]

it's all about the materials.. you can't make a plastic gun, the hammer's gotta be metal.. so until they can incorporate metal into this technology, it's mostly fruitless..

[@smokeweedaily]

asdfd

[@jcjensenllc]

oh boy, more plastic in the world.

[@shanethemainman]

@kanefreeman1 IM LIKE SOOO GOING TO PRINT MYSELF A BIG CHESTED GF!!!!

[@MarsmanW]

@sirotti1981 you literally know nothing about what you are talking about but of course you have an opinion on it.

[@227007]

somethngs wrong with this it makes me feel weird

[@thevinend]

Revolutionary tech such as this will eventually have products made for nearly free, so what dat education for? We will not need to know nuthin-creepy really

[@Damyewal]

Shred a bunch of apples, send the shredded apples to a third world country, print the apples, and you have cheep, fresh, healthy apples for starving children :)

[@fapc666]

So much hype.

[@mississippisnowplow]

Hmmm? Two things he said that threw off my alarms. 1. With the potential of plastic weapons, we will need new laws. Nope! Not gonna happen! 2. We want to take this to Egypt because they "need" it there? Why? So they can make more weapons to carry out jihad?

[@nicolascunningham4437]

lol... I'm always amazed at how ignorant bigots are to other peoples perspectives and just basic logic

[@marlonyo]

you can make a ´´gun´´ with a pvc tube some cement and a drill and a bullet by gun powder and some nails. will be of better quality than a 3d printer gun

[@alteredeffect]

For one, teaching you english.

[@timemastro]

@XSilvenX dont repeat what you saw in a documentary.... its stupid...