Giant Chinese 3D printer builds 10 houses in just 1 day o_O

[roslinpl]

while we talk about 3D printing, have you seen this?


http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/3d-printed-cast-speeds-bone-recovery-using-ultrasound

[u9y42]

Next they will be printing cars, robots, airplanes, tanks and ships. 3D Printers will decide who win the war in the future.

Actually, I think the US navy is already considering printing drones aboard their ships: http://rt.com/usa/3d-navy-drones-printers-960/ (and notice that article is almost 1 year old).

[jinjuro]

We will be doomed once skynet become sentience and started printing millions of drones and robots. 

[CoinDiver]

This is awesome stuff. This is a new paradigm in construction. It's going to take a while to stop thinking in boxes and flat walls, before we're really going to see what's possible with this. I'm stoked.

[roslinpl]

We will be doomed once skynet become sentience and started printing millions of drones and robots.  

Cyberpunk 2020 not far from us.

Have you seen Titan The Robot?

world is changing.

[acs267]

while we talk about 3D printing, have you seen this?


http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/3d-printed-cast-speeds-bone-recovery-using-ultrasound

I also think there were guys in Africa printing artificial limbs for people involved in wars. Pretty cool, if you ask me. The Tech Age has already started, but perhaps a more advanced age can replace it.

[bryant.coleman]

We will be doomed once skynet become sentience and started printing millions of drones and robots. 

Who will control all those millions of drones and robots? As far as I know, a drone needs 1 to 3 operators to control it full-time. They will be able to print-out the drones, but won't be able to use them. 

[counter]

the technology exists to make the drones control themselves.  I suspect the time passes the need for operators will be obsolete @bryant_coleman

[bryant.coleman]

the technology exists to make the drones control themselves.  I suspect the time passes the need for operators will be obsolete @bryant_coleman

Oh god... that will be so lame. You want to insert artificial intelligence in the drones? I don't want the drones shooting random civilian targets and triggering civil war.

[u9y42]

the technology exists to make the drones control themselves.  I suspect the time passes the need for operators will be obsolete @bryant_coleman

Oh god... that will be so lame. You want to insert artificial intelligence in the drones? I don't want the drones shooting random civilian targets and triggering civil war.

I think the shooting of random civilians was included in the general idea... Jinjuro was talking about Skynet (from the Terminator films) becoming sentient, so that's what he would do. 

[bryant.coleman]

I think the shooting of random civilians was included in the general idea... Jinjuro was talking about Skynet (from the Terminator films) becoming sentient, so that's what he would do. 

What will you do if the controlling program of the drones are somehow hacked, and they are made to attack the same people who created it? If Skynet becomes real, then Jinjuro will also be targeted. 

[activebiz]

Very intresting development. I cant wait to get one myself

[niothor]

Very intresting development. I cant wait to get one myself

The house or the drone?
Or the printing machine for them .

[Swordsoffreedom]

Very intresting development. I cant wait to get one myself

The house or the drone?
Or the printing machine for them .

Probably both why not print them one at a time
The house and then the drone to monitor the house XD

[roslinpl]

Very intresting development. I cant wait to get one myself

The house or the drone?
Or the printing machine for them .

Probably both why not print them one at a time
The house and then the drone to monitor the house XD

I think in 10 years there will be new saying "you cannot buy it?   3d print it".

Damn ... I haven't got 200k to build a house. .. hmm! 3d print it :-)

3d printed cars?  Possible?  In China for sure.

[niothor]

Very intresting development. I cant wait to get one myself

The house or the drone?
Or the printing machine for them .

Probably both why not print them one at a time
The house and then the drone to monitor the house XD

I think in 10 years there will be new saying "you cannot buy it?   3d print it".

Damn ... I haven't got 200k to build a house. .. hmm! 3d print it :-)

3d printed cars?  Possible?  In China for sure.

You still need the materials to print the house and at this stage I think it's far more expensive to have a real house , not the doghouse in the article "printed" than traditionally built.

[jinjuro]

We will be doomed once skynet become sentience and started printing millions of drones and robots.  

Who will control all those millions of drones and robots? As far as I know, a drone needs 1 to 3 operators to control it full-time. They will be able to print-out the drones, but won't be able to use them.  

The skynet will take control of everything. Those drones are easy to control a simple program will do and don't need operators.  

start

      go to bryant.coleman house

      fire 1 hellfire missile

  If bryant.coleman house is hit=true
  
      go back to base
  
  else

      fire 1 hellfire missile

end

[Balthazar]

This algorithm won't work properly because it doesn't include handling of the result for the second attempt.

[niothor]

This algorithm won't work properly because it doesn't include handling of the result for the second attempt.

The drone has only two rockets on board. So the result doesn't matter.

[jinjuro]

This algorithm won't work properly because it doesn't include handling of the result for the second attempt.

I'm not a programmer.   . At least it keeps firing hellfire missiles into his house.