Beam me up, Scotty, And VAPORIZE me in the process

  • 24 January 2015
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3D fax machine destroys as it creates

 

http://regmedia.co.uk/2015/01/23/scottyprint.jpg?x=648&y=429&crop=1
 
23 Jan 2015 at 02:50, Shaun Nichols
 
Researchers in Germany have formulated a way to transfer information to a 3D printer on a one-time purchase basis, by killing off the original.
The developers of "Scotty" believe that their development can allow 3D printing on a one-time use basis by destroying the object as it is scanned.
 
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Hmmmmm...I will have to think very hard about that one...and the ramifications of the idea.
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The video is pretty good but it works by milling away the original and taking photographs as it goes.
 
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Printer jam - sorry, your object has been lost 🙂

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