Can I borrow a wrench?

[Matt Meiser]

I'll let you know my email address so you can send it over.

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-12/19/3d-printed-space-wrench

[Lee Schierer]

And you thought the replicators on th Star ship Enterprise were a myth.....

[John Coloccia]

And you thought the replicators on th Star ship Enterprise were a myth.....

Let's see...

Startship mostly full of guys, with replicators and holodecks. They use the holodeck to make believe they live in medieval Europe, and they replicate hot tea.

Yeah, right.

[Rich Engelhardt]

Wow!
And all along I was convinced that, after working 22 years in the IT field that computers and all things tech were the spawn of Satan!
:D
Then along comes some actual useful technology :D !

Seriously - that is cool though.

[Jim Koepke]

I'll let you know my email address so you can send it over.

How long do you suppose it will be before "beam me up" is actually a part of real conversation?

jtk

[Jim Matthews]

Read Neal Stephenson's "Diamond Age" to get a glimpse of
'The Feed' as a solution to 'moving stuff around'.

The Maker movement is embracing this idea.
Why pay someone else to make your tools?

http://www.micromanufacturing.com/content/sintering-3d-parts-powdered-metal-rise