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This could be useful in the future....
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Thu, 24 Oct 2002 04:33:06 GMT
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I am sitting here, watching TLC, and i see this thing called a rapid
prototyper. It, apperently, can create anything that you can 3-D model onto
the computer, and churn out an unlimited number of them as long as there is
enough power and this clear, liquid, plastic-like stuff availible!
this is how it works.
a laser will tace the 3-D computer model layer-by-layer into the liquid
plastic and as it touches the plastic, the plastic hardens, and the liquid
rises. the layering occurs in an almost spiral, so the laser is almost
always moving, thus keeping the substance always rising until the job is done.
this means that in the future, the Lego company can create cheaper, more
durable pieces, in any shape and form imaginable. without the restraint of
the mold, new pieces can be made that were not possible before!
hey, they made a model space shuttle that was pretty big on the program, why
can't they make Legos?
http://www-rpl.stanford.edu/Research.asp
here is a site with some stuff on it, hope it explains somethings that
icouldn't for you
this could even lead to mecha production on a grand scale!
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: This could be useful in the future....
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| Pretty cool huh, I beleive the technique is called Laser Lithography. I once contacted a company in Florida that has one of these connected to a 3D Scanner. Simular to when an Actor's head or face is scanned and then manipulated in a computer. Then (...) (22 years ago, 24-Oct-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
| | | RE: This could be useful in the future....
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| (...) We have a rapid prototyper at school. The models that come out of the machine are much less durable, have much lower tolerances, take much longer to manufacture, and are much more expensive than any molded part. It's called a prototyper (...) (22 years ago, 24-Oct-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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