3D copying gets cheaper. years ago in leeds i got a proper look at a giant machine for sintering that used a laser to 'draw' onto silicone powder to form a small shape. the people in charge of the vast thing were intrested in making replacement bones etc for surgery as well as rapid design prototyping. i remember holding this tiny bone shape in my hand. it had the texture of a sandrose.
the zcorp (how american is z-corp?) entry level printer comes in at about $30K. every home will have one, and when every home does we'd do well to re-read the fable about copying real objects in primo levi's the sixth day
Posted by flambingo at August 6, 2003 01:06 PM