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Nov 19, 2013

Tech nerd and multi-skilled meddler Seth Westbrook Toker returns to Tawkers to wax poetic about the emerging technology of 3D printing - and the ways in which it levels the playing field in countless areas of modern life.

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 1:30 AM

Hi, everyone!

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 1:30 AM

Welcome!

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 1:30 AM

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Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:30 AM

Howdy!

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 1:31 AM

Full discolsure: Seth is my husband. We're totally in collusion. ;)

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:31 AM

she promises she wont take it easy on me though...

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 1:31 AM

Hey, Lucy and Rachel!

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 1:31 AM

Alright, so Seth has been going on and on and ON about 3D printers for about 2 years now.

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 1:32 AM

And now they're becoming a thing.

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 1:32 AM

Like, a thing that regular people can have.

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:32 AM

yup

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 1:32 AM

Just as he predicted.

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:32 AM

its great

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:32 AM

its awsome when im righ

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:32 AM

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 1:32 AM

So, I'd like him to publically share with all of us WHY THIS MATTERS.

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 1:32 AM

So, What's the big deal?

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:32 AM

welll

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:33 AM

★ Spotlighted from Greg Covey

“So do you have one now?”

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:33 AM

so, no but i ordered one ona kick starter project,

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:33 AM

in the true spirit of the 3d printing movement

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:33 AM

im excited to get it

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:34 AM

and i will order anotherone that arrives sooner than the first, because i cannot wait!!!

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:34 AM

★ Spotlighted from Lucy Dyer

“will you need 3D glasses for these 3D pants (or knickers)?”

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 1:34 AM

★ Spotlighted from Rachel McDonnell

“how much do they cost?”

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 1:34 AM

Rachel, the cost varies as to the capability of the machine, as far as I understand.

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:34 AM

it might enhance the experience for some of us... (joke)

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:34 AM

seriously

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:35 AM

3d printing is awsome

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:35 AM

what happens is a print head

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:35 AM

well

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:35 AM

lets start at the start

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:35 AM

what is it

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:35 AM

it is an additive method of making something

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:36 AM

picture a hot glue gun oozing glue over and over, layer after layer until it makes whatever it was programed to

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:36 AM

now picture it out of plastic, nice hard plastic

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:36 AM

now picture it made instead of of:

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:37 AM

metals, or wood, or water (ice) or fabric, or ceramic, or dirt, or salt, or sugar, or chocolate, or cement, wax, or glass, or.....

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:37 AM

that in a nut shell is 3d printing.

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:38 AM

there are other forms, or methods of laying down these layers but thats the general idea

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:38 AM

★ Spotlighted from Greg Covey

“aluminum? Steel?”

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:38 AM

yes greg

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:38 AM

you can do either

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:38 AM

or titanium or any other metal and just now the figured out how to do alloys too

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:38 AM

(mixtures of different metals)

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:38 AM

★ Spotlighted from Rachel McDonnell

“you could really have some fun with this. haha. :)”

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:39 AM

if you are making innuendo, somebody already beat you there.

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:39 AM

★ Spotlighted from Greg Covey

“cool. I restore italian motorcycles from the 50s and 60s and parts are becoming hard to get. I'd like to 'print' some if possible.”

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:39 AM

yea, that is totally possible

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:39 AM

one extention of the 3d verse' is scanning

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:40 AM

so, scan your part, fix the worn bits in a 3d design program and send the file off to be printed! or do it yourself. most things are about 1/4 the cost of buying it somewhere else.

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:40 AM

★ Spotlighted from John Baker

“what about legislation? industries already have made certain numbers and ideas illegal to possess and share”

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:41 AM

im not sure about numbers per se, but the property is the whole item, not tiny parts of it. the entire industry of auto parts stores would cease if that was the case.

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:41 AM

★ Spotlighted from John Baker

“im referencing dvd piracy and sharing”

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 1:41 AM

So, you're saying that it seems legal to print auto parts?

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:42 AM

scanning and reproducing the entire thing would probably fall under that

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:42 AM

which brings another point: OPEN SOURCE!!!

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 1:42 AM

The 3D printing community is decidedly anti-corporate.

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 1:42 AM

They don't seem to care whether it's legal or not,

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:42 AM

to answer rebecca, yes.

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:43 AM

★ Spotlighted from Greg Covey

“i think legal problems would only arise if you then sold the printed part. If you're making one-offs for your own project, who's the wiser?”

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 1:43 AM

and to prove their point, many are posting designs for their machines and for items to print in public access files.

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:43 AM

with an amendment to what becky said, they do not encourage priacy

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:44 AM

piracy

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:44 AM

that is not what this is about

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:44 AM

greg, it arises when you re-create a patented item, which these things may or may not be

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 1:45 AM

My guess is that you're probably right, John et al, that there will be an attempt at legal action.

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:46 AM

and there are worries. guns and weapons, and fraud and what not, but those issues have always been with us, this is simply another tool to make cool stuff and now make it yourself.

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:47 AM

and can also be used to do harm, no different than a chainsaw or a vertical mill

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:47 AM

but there is a super cool thing going on

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:47 AM

open source designs

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:47 AM

people make them and put them out there to be used, printed, changed and shared again

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 1:47 AM

People make what?

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 1:47 AM

Oh, the designs.

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:48 AM

oh, models, things to print.

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 1:48 AM

★ Spotlighted from Rachel McDonnell

“I think it's cool that it isn't about money... innovation shouldn't be about that anyway..”

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 1:48 AM

★ Spotlighted from Rachel McDonnell

“this seems like a great way to help us become more independently sustainable no? and also just crazy cool. :)”

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:48 AM

so they make them, share them, ask people to play and change and improve them and share it again!

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:49 AM

soon for most common objects there will be a free opensource model of it, complete with wiring instructions and parts lists. NEVER AGAIN throw away your blender! you can print a new gear!!!!

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 1:49 AM

So, you're saying this is a game-changer. It's going to make current patent law and culture archaic.

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 1:50 AM

It kicks planned obsolescence right in the gut.

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 1:50 AM

★ Spotlighted from Greg Covey

“I think 'archaic' is a long way off, but the potential is there.”

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:50 AM

for the most part it will, but i believe that companies will always be able to produce things that people dont want to make themselves.

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:50 AM

★ Spotlighted from Rachel McDonnell

“it's about time we stop throwing everything away all the time... this is great for conservation of resources too!”

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 1:51 AM

I agree, Greg. But what happens is there is kicking and screaming and suing, and then eventual resignation to progress. :P

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:51 AM

the fixing of things and the improvement of things you have is a major milestone. people have forever improved products but now those "hacks" can be shared and used by everyone.

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:51 AM

★ Spotlighted from John Baker

“would the technology usable or soon be able to be used in areas with poor energy and resource development for people to make tools?”

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 1:52 AM

That is the most exciting thing about the potential of 3D printing.

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 1:52 AM

It has so many possible uses in disaster areas, in under-developed areas, in areas where technology is hard to access...

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:52 AM

it will be a combination of learning by the user and improvements of the interfaces, and a happy medium will be reached. think of the first personal comuters and how they had to be programmed and now how everyone is more or less comfortable with them

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:53 AM

wow, becky has a good point there,

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 1:53 AM

It is a big move toward levelling the playing field. Think how important and powerful it would be to PRINT solar cells! 3D printers can print circuit boards.

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:53 AM

surgical equipment, bandages, even shelters can be made and maintained by these devices

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 1:54 AM

Do you see what this also means for the decrease in fossil fuel use as we ship manufactured items all over the surface of the earth? What if you can make it on location and forego the semi ride?

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:54 AM

never too much, never too little.

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:55 AM

and the things it can make!!

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:55 AM

fabric for clothing and underwear!

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 1:55 AM

That's really a real thing!

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 1:55 AM

I thought it was a joke when I titles the Tawk, but then Seth got all professorial and was like, "Well, actually..."

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:56 AM

http://www.3ders.org/articles/20131111-new-generation-of-fabric-world-first-3d-printed-disposable-panties.html

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:56 AM

check that out.

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 1:56 AM

laser cutters make leather smell like burnt flesh - which is a popular odor for the fashionably elite

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:57 AM

ha!

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 1:57 AM

Ha ha, Rick. So nice to see you.

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:57 AM

true, but you are cutting with huge amounts of heat and energy

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:57 AM

cant have it all

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:57 AM

★ Spotlighted from Rachel McDonnell

“amazing... so how prevalent is 3d printing right now? is it something really catching on or still "up and coming"”

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:58 AM

this is still in its cradle for the masses. the first 3d printers, like computers, were huge and expensive and rare. the first ones were built sometime in the late 80s i believe.

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 1:58 AM

But it even has a progressive "Green" edge already. One of the mediums is renewable. it's seaweed.

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:58 AM

but its growing fast

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:59 AM

already big companies like office depot and ups are ordering industrial printers to put in their stores

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 1:59 AM

★ Spotlighted from John Baker

“it says disposable. are the things made reusable, as far as the material?”

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 1:59 AM

It seems disposable, huh?

Seth Westbrook Toker · 1:59 AM

well, i think in this case its disposable like a baggie is disposable.

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 1:59 AM

It's BETTER, in many cases, though.

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 2:00 AM

Do you mean the underwear?

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:00 AM

★ Spotlighted from Lucy Dyer

“3d edible pa.....? no,no,no not going there!”

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 2:00 AM

Because the underwear is disposable.

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:01 AM

probably can happen, as one of the materials is sugar...

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:01 AM

and they print chocolate too

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 2:01 AM

But parts made from other materials can be very strong, much stronger than conventional production methods.

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:02 AM

in aerospace they are printing hinges that have been optimized, skeletonized and cannot be made any other way, these are about half as heavy and just as strong as the original

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:02 AM

★ Spotlighted from Rachel McDonnell

“my brother in law's company has one - he is a mechanical engineer and they create new parts for vehicles etc... he says it's the coolest thing to watch”

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:03 AM

http://www.3ders.org/articles/20131116-le-fabshop-announces-world-first-green-seaweed-3d-printing-filament.html

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 2:03 AM

★ Spotlighted from Rachel McDonnell

“lol they had it on Grey's Anatomy - they wanted to eventually create like live organs (yes I watch a night soap lol)”

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:03 AM

★ Spotlighted from Jordan Birnbaum

“It's about time! Where the hell have I been?!”

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:03 AM

you fool! you have missed the whole thing!

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:04 AM

J/K welcome, benevolent ovorlord

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:04 AM

★ Spotlighted from Lucy Dyer

“that would be fun for the women,Seth! hehe”

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:05 AM

well imagine what you could print for yourself or some "friends" that never left the bedroom. the mind boggles.

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:05 AM

jordan, arnt you glad you came?

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 2:05 AM

★ Spotlighted from Rachel McDonnell

“so with that seaweed there isn't any environmental concerns is there? like it can't hurt the environment?”

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 2:06 AM

http://3dprintingindustry.com/2013/11/15/le-fabshop-introduces-new-seaweed-based-3d-printing-filament-material-3d-printshow-paris-today/

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:07 AM

no, this is a renewable, pesticide and fertilizer free product that biodegrades.

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:07 AM

★ Spotlighted from Rachel McDonnell

“i'd make furniture already assembled.. I am no good at assembly lol”

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 2:07 AM

What do they print with it, though?

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:07 AM

wow! People actually do that, or make legs that snap into the top etc, like legos.

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 2:08 AM

★ Spotlighted from Jordan Birnbaum

“Watch Tide come in and try to make printing underwear illegal, so we still have to use their product…”

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:08 AM

they print what ever you want, any kind of thing you would want to make in a plastic form

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 2:08 AM

There WILL be corporate backlash. There will. But things are changing. The model is dead.

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 2:08 AM

Dying, I should say.

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 2:09 AM

★ Spotlighted from Lucy Dyer

“you can 3D print houses too - http://www.wimp.com/printerhouse/”

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 2:09 AM

Yes, Lucy! This is the first thing i thought of!

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:09 AM

is that the concrete printer?

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 2:09 AM

I wanted to know if it could be used for housing for refugee camps, disaster areas, etc.

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 2:09 AM

I think we'll see that happening very soon.

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 2:09 AM

concrete printer would be a bitch if it jammed

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:09 AM

yea, that thing is awesome

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 2:09 AM

Indeed, Sir...

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 2:10 AM

★ Spotlighted from John Baker

“this topic and all of its possible realities are amazing”

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 2:10 AM

★ Spotlighted from Jordan Birnbaum

“@John I think (although I should probably think about it a bit more) that this is the most significant invention of my lifetime.”

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 2:10 AM

That's exactly the point, guys!

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 2:10 AM

I myself have been won over.

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 2:11 AM

I mean, there's a lot of droning about gadgets taht happens in our house, but this seems...legitimate. Timely. Multi-faceted. important.

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 2:12 AM

★ Spotlighted from Lucy Dyer

“and yet,the only thing the MSM will report on concerning 3D printing are....how to print guns! yeah go figure that one out”

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 2:12 AM

Well, this is 'Murica!

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:12 AM

also my personal favorite, for the people who remember my first tawk, using a 3d concrete machine to print in EARTH.

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:12 AM

That tickles me hugely

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:13 AM

So, lets all take a moment and realize, we are entering Star Trek. THIS IS THE REPLICATOR they feature in the show.

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:14 AM

almost any material, any shape, anything you could want, even :"tea, earl grey, hot"

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 2:14 AM

★ Spotlighted from Jordan Birnbaum

“can we print 3D FEMA administrators?”

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 2:14 AM

Jordan, we can do one better. We can make 'bots to run the machines.

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:15 AM

and here we are. so the question is, what are we going to do about it?

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 2:15 AM

★ Spotlighted from John Baker

“well almost, the replicator arranges subatomic particles. -pushes up glasses-”

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:15 AM

print stuff!!!!!!!!!!!! design your own stuff!!!!!!!!!! fix stuff!!!!!!!

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:15 AM

easy john boy

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 2:15 AM

We're getting there, John! That's the thing!

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:16 AM

my glasses are a bit foggy from all the shouting ive been doing

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:16 AM

★ Spotlighted from Lucy Dyer

“would it put all those people who can do origami out of buisness?”

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:16 AM

actually no.... well on second thought it could.....

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:16 AM

cause it could print paper in a 3d way.....

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:16 AM

any way

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:16 AM

another exciting thing before we go

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:17 AM

doctors have made a printer that prints out a goo of human cells and gelatin type stuff

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:18 AM

and they have now announced they printed a tiny human liver that lived for 40 days, taking in nutrients and excreting, what ever livers excrete.

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:18 AM

★ Spotlighted from John Baker

“bile salts and vitamin d!”

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:18 AM

yea that.

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:19 AM

.... maybe they took a sample from a healthy individual and... clones the cells?

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 2:19 AM

★ Spotlighted from Jordan Birnbaum

“@Seth - where do they get the materials to construct it?”

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 2:19 AM

★ Spotlighted from Jordan Birnbaum

“you know, the goo and human cell cocktail?”

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:20 AM

you can take a sample and give it hormones and it will multiply

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:20 AM

the next thing to do is add veins and arteries, then it can integrate with the remnants of a removed liver

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:20 AM

★ Spotlighted from Jordan Birnbaum

“So we can print people? People who are much cooler than most?”

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:21 AM

really?

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:21 AM

wouldnt it be better to clone and genetically alter instead, to be a little serious?

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 2:21 AM

I guess we could just print steaks instead of growing them, then, Jordan. :P

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:22 AM

★ Spotlighted from Rachel McDonnell

“now now, don't forget about the brain.. building a functioning capable brain is quite a different task I'd say.. how do you create something we still don't fully understand... like personality for instance.,. I wouldn't advise the human being printin”

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:22 AM

yea, what rachel said

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 2:22 AM

I wouldn't advise it, either. We are far from that, I'm sure.

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 2:22 AM

But, the implications for printing better replacement parts are pretty huge.

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:22 AM

the brain may opporate at a sub-atomic level, that is far too tiny to reproduce

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 2:23 AM

Making a cutom-fit titanium vertebra, for example?

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:23 AM

totally, they are making scaffolding that cells can grow onto for bones, for instance.

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:23 AM

and if they can make cartilage grow on a model

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:24 AM

you can have bio appropriate hip and knee replacements, that are from your own cells!

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:24 AM

★ Spotlighted from Jordan Birnbaum

“I'm worried about printing an army of stormtroopers…”

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 2:24 AM

★ Spotlighted from Jordan Birnbaum

“We're on the verge of such incredible medical breakthroughs right as the planet is getting ready to kick us off.”

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 2:24 AM

Ironic, huh?

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:24 AM

worry more about robots with guns

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 2:25 AM

Why's that?

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:25 AM

well hopefully with these printers and other innovations we can live in a more harmonious way.

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:25 AM

becky, thats another talk altogether

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:26 AM

★ Spotlighted from Rachel McDonnell

“oh yeah maybe it can help with climate change? we can print things the earth needs to restabalize.. hm”

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:26 AM

stop shipping stuff all over.

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:26 AM

print it at your house with solar power

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:26 AM

use recycled plastic

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:26 AM

recycle the part you made when you are done

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 2:27 AM

This can go on and on, bt we better wrap it up.

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 2:27 AM

Jordan has a Tawk in a few minutes and we should all scoot over and check it out!

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:27 AM

cheers to that!

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 2:27 AM

Thanks, Seth. :)

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:28 AM

★ Spotlighted from Rachel McDonnell

“sounds awesome! so what do we do to help this 3D thing become a reality?”

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 2:28 AM

★ Spotlighted from Jordan Birnbaum

“Aww, love you guys!”

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 2:28 AM

I love YOU, Jordan - especially because you know the difference between Aww and Awe.

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:28 AM

good question. I suggest going to kick starter and finding a group that already made a successfull printer, and buying one from their next campaign.

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:29 AM

Or buying an open source printer, like the Rep-rap etc,

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:29 AM

there are tons of resources on this site

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:29 AM

https://3ders.org

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:30 AM

go to wikipedia too.

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 2:30 AM

Or, like Seth is planning, you can go back to school for CAD design and learn to make the designs to feed to the printer. ;)

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:30 AM

THANK YOU, you great bunch of talkers.

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 2:30 AM

Thanks, audience - you were wonderful and had excellent comments. So nice to meet you, John!

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 2:30 AM

★ Spotlighted from John Baker

“this was awesome. thank you rebecca, seth, rachel, rick, lucy, jordan, greg. :)”

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:31 AM

oh! download sketch up for your computer and make something and send it off to get it printed!!!

Seth Westbrook Toker · 2:31 AM

CHEERS! see yall later!

Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 2:31 AM

Night, all. See you in Jordan's room. :)

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Rachel McDonnellNov 19, 2013, 1:30 AM

hi! :) I am excited for this tawk tonight! :)

Lucy DyerNov 19, 2013, 1:31 AM

*walks into room*...ok you can start now :-)

Lucy DyerNov 19, 2013, 1:31 AM

hi everyone!!! :-)

Rachel McDonnellNov 19, 2013, 1:31 AM

hi lucy :)

Lucy DyerNov 19, 2013, 1:32 AM

hi rachel

John BakerNov 19, 2013, 1:32 AM

hello

Lucy DyerNov 19, 2013, 1:32 AM

we are in the right place?

Rachel McDonnellNov 19, 2013, 1:32 AM

what can make with them? that sounds so sci-fi! :)

Greg CoveyNov 19, 2013, 1:32 AM★ Spotlighted

So do you have one now?

Lucy DyerNov 19, 2013, 1:33 AM

ahhh thats better. refreshed...

Rachel McDonnellNov 19, 2013, 1:33 AM★ Spotlighted

how much do they cost?

Lucy DyerNov 19, 2013, 1:34 AM★ Spotlighted

will you need 3D glasses for these 3D pants (or knickers)?

Lucy DyerNov 19, 2013, 1:35 AM

@Seth - if only...

Rachel McDonnellNov 19, 2013, 1:35 AM★ Spotlighted

lol they had it on Grey's Anatomy - they wanted to eventually create like live organs (yes I watch a night soap lol)

Rachel McDonnellNov 19, 2013, 1:35 AM

(had a 3d printer)

Lucy DyerNov 19, 2013, 1:36 AM

pimp my printer = 3D printer

Greg CoveyNov 19, 2013, 1:37 AM★ Spotlighted

aluminum? Steel?

Rachel McDonnellNov 19, 2013, 1:38 AM★ Spotlighted

you could really have some fun with this. haha. :)

Lucy DyerNov 19, 2013, 1:38 AM

my mind is already racing,rachel! hehe

Greg CoveyNov 19, 2013, 1:38 AM★ Spotlighted

cool. I restore italian motorcycles from the 50s and 60s and parts are becoming hard to get. I'd like to 'print' some if possible.

Rachel McDonnellNov 19, 2013, 1:39 AM

haha or just in general you could print out ANYTHING! The possibilities!

John BakerNov 19, 2013, 1:39 AM★ Spotlighted

what about legislation? industries already have made certain numbers and ideas illegal to possess and share

John BakerNov 19, 2013, 1:40 AM★ Spotlighted

im referencing dvd piracy and sharing

Rachel McDonnellNov 19, 2013, 1:40 AM

oh yeah John's right... are there copyright infringements and all that?

Greg CoveyNov 19, 2013, 1:40 AM

Good points John

Greg CoveyNov 19, 2013, 1:42 AM★ Spotlighted

i think legal problems would only arise if you then sold the printed part. If you're making one-offs for your own project, who's the wiser?

Rachel McDonnellNov 19, 2013, 1:44 AM★ Spotlighted

I think it's cool that it isn't about money... innovation shouldn't be about that anyway..

Rachel McDonnellNov 19, 2013, 1:45 AM★ Spotlighted

this seems like a great way to help us become more independently sustainable no? and also just crazy cool. :)

John BakerNov 19, 2013, 1:45 AM

which brings the idea of things like registering the parts that make firearms automatic. such as the requirement with the first assault weapons bans and the prohibition on making more. if im wrong in any point i apologize but i hope my idea is there

Rachel McDonnellNov 19, 2013, 1:46 AM

what ISN'T a legal issue these days. :p

John BakerNov 19, 2013, 1:46 AM

lol right

Rachel McDonnellNov 19, 2013, 1:48 AM

that's awesome!

John BakerNov 19, 2013, 1:49 AM★ Spotlighted

would the technology usable or soon be able to be used in areas with poor energy and resource development for people to make tools?

Greg CoveyNov 19, 2013, 1:50 AM★ Spotlighted

I think 'archaic' is a long way off, but the potential is there.

Rachel McDonnellNov 19, 2013, 1:50 AM★ Spotlighted

it's about time we stop throwing everything away all the time... this is great for conservation of resources too!

Rachel McDonnellNov 19, 2013, 1:54 AM

let's give them to the underprivileged first... before they tax the hell out of them..

John BakerNov 19, 2013, 1:54 AM

wow thats amazing for humanity

Rachel McDonnellNov 19, 2013, 1:56 AM★ Spotlighted

amazing... so how prevalent is 3d printing right now? is it something really catching on or still "up and coming"

Johnathonfall thethirdNov 19, 2013, 1:57 AM

Good question Rachel!

John BakerNov 19, 2013, 1:58 AM★ Spotlighted

it says disposable. are the things made reusable, as far as the material?

Lucy DyerNov 19, 2013, 1:59 AM★ Spotlighted

3d edible pa.....? no,no,no not going there!

John BakerNov 19, 2013, 2:01 AM

so they can be washed and reused like baggies, but what about eventual wear? i guess then into rags. but what about metals? yes underwear

Rachel McDonnellNov 19, 2013, 2:01 AM★ Spotlighted

my brother in law's company has one - he is a mechanical engineer and they create new parts for vehicles etc... he says it's the coolest thing to watch

Lucy DyerNov 19, 2013, 2:01 AM★ Spotlighted

that would be fun for the women,Seth! hehe

Jordan BirnbaumNov 19, 2013, 2:03 AM★ Spotlighted

It's about time! Where the hell have I been?!

Lucy DyerNov 19, 2013, 2:04 AM

JORDAN!!!! where havent you been?

Rachel McDonnellNov 19, 2013, 2:04 AM★ Spotlighted

so with that seaweed there isn't any environmental concerns is there? like it can't hurt the environment?

Rachel McDonnellNov 19, 2013, 2:04 AM

about time Jordan :)

Jordan BirnbaumNov 19, 2013, 2:05 AM

Do I catch up? Or do I jump right in? I don't know what to do!

Lucy DyerNov 19, 2013, 2:05 AM

hey rachel,ever get the feeling JB wanted to make a big entrance? :-)

Jordan BirnbaumNov 19, 2013, 2:05 AM

did anyone ask about combining stem cells with 3d printing to make food?

Rachel McDonnellNov 19, 2013, 2:05 AM

Yes I do Lucy lol... and Seth has dubbed him *benevolent overlord* haha

Lucy DyerNov 19, 2013, 2:06 AM

well i've learnt that you can make edible 3D things,JB....which will be fun

Jordan BirnbaumNov 19, 2013, 2:06 AM

clean edible underwear?

Rachel McDonnellNov 19, 2013, 2:06 AM★ Spotlighted

i'd make furniture already assembled.. I am no good at assembly lol

Lucy DyerNov 19, 2013, 2:06 AM

yes JB

Rachel McDonnellNov 19, 2013, 2:07 AM

awesome! eco-friendly! :)

Jordan BirnbaumNov 19, 2013, 2:07 AM★ Spotlighted

Watch Tide come in and try to make printing underwear illegal, so we still have to use their product…

Rachel McDonnellNov 19, 2013, 2:08 AM

that's cool!!

Lucy DyerNov 19, 2013, 2:08 AM★ Spotlighted

you can 3D print houses too - http://www.wimp.com/printerhouse/

John BakerNov 19, 2013, 2:08 AM★ Spotlighted

this topic and all of its possible realities are amazing

Lucy DyerNov 19, 2013, 2:09 AM

plastic undies? squeakage....

Jordan BirnbaumNov 19, 2013, 2:09 AM★ Spotlighted

@John I think (although I should probably think about it a bit more) that this is the most significant invention of my lifetime.

Rachel McDonnellNov 19, 2013, 2:09 AM

we just need to remove this deficient money system we have right now... people at the top have all the money... no longer a fair economy... no longer working

Lucy DyerNov 19, 2013, 2:10 AM

*gasps*....would they print 3D money? :-O

Lucy DyerNov 19, 2013, 2:11 AM★ Spotlighted

and yet,the only thing the MSM will report on concerning 3D printing are....how to print guns! yeah go figure that one out

Rachel McDonnellNov 19, 2013, 2:13 AM

yes I can have my cobb house! :)

Jordan BirnbaumNov 19, 2013, 2:14 AM★ Spotlighted

can we print 3D FEMA administrators?

Lucy DyerNov 19, 2013, 2:14 AM

dont be silly JB. they aint THAT good

Rachel McDonnellNov 19, 2013, 2:14 AM

It IS! It is SO SCI-FI! :D

John BakerNov 19, 2013, 2:15 AM★ Spotlighted

well almost, the replicator arranges subatomic particles. -pushes up glasses-

Jordan BirnbaumNov 19, 2013, 2:15 AM

Boy I cold really use a Lt. Cmndr. Data…

Rachel McDonnellNov 19, 2013, 2:15 AM

much respect john. :)

Lucy DyerNov 19, 2013, 2:15 AM★ Spotlighted

would it put all those people who can do origami out of buisness?

Rachel McDonnellNov 19, 2013, 2:16 AM

DATA! <3 He was my favorite and Worf! :)

Jordan BirnbaumNov 19, 2013, 2:16 AM

lol @Lucy!

Jordan BirnbaumNov 19, 2013, 2:16 AM

@Seth - you screaming at the computer again?

Lucy DyerNov 19, 2013, 2:17 AM

thats what i was thinking,Seth

Jordan BirnbaumNov 19, 2013, 2:17 AM

@Rachel I think there is a TNG Tawk in our future…

Lucy DyerNov 19, 2013, 2:17 AM

@JB,that might be sooner than you think.. *winks*

Rachel McDonnellNov 19, 2013, 2:18 AM

I would LOVE a TNG talk! :)

Jordan BirnbaumNov 19, 2013, 2:18 AM

@Lucy it's kind of a rip-off on your fangirl Tawk, but I figure you won't mind…

John BakerNov 19, 2013, 2:18 AM★ Spotlighted

bile salts and vitamin d!

Jordan BirnbaumNov 19, 2013, 2:18 AM★ Spotlighted

@Seth - where do they get the materials to construct it?

Rachel McDonnellNov 19, 2013, 2:19 AM

well I don't see any reason why people wouldn't want to switch over to 3D printing

Jordan BirnbaumNov 19, 2013, 2:19 AM★ Spotlighted

you know, the goo and human cell cocktail?

Rachel McDonnellNov 19, 2013, 2:19 AM

@Jordan I see a TNG marathon in my future.. :)

Jordan BirnbaumNov 19, 2013, 2:20 AM★ Spotlighted

So we can print people? People who are much cooler than most?

Lucy DyerNov 19, 2013, 2:21 AM

@rachel - topic for the obsessed perhaps?

Lucy DyerNov 19, 2013, 2:22 AM

tng that is

Rachel McDonnellNov 19, 2013, 2:22 AM★ Spotlighted

now now, don't forget about the brain.. building a functioning capable brain is quite a different task I'd say.. how do you create something we still don't fully understand... like personality for instance.,. I wouldn't advise the human being printin

Lucy DyerNov 19, 2013, 2:22 AM

yeah i'm too perfect to be re-printed! :-)

Jordan BirnbaumNov 19, 2013, 2:23 AM★ Spotlighted

I'm worried about printing an army of stormtroopers…

Rachel McDonnellNov 19, 2013, 2:23 AM

@lucy sounds like a fun idea.. too bad we can't have 3 hosts we can do one on Star Trek in general too :)

Lucy DyerNov 19, 2013, 2:23 AM

@rachel - sorted! be perfect after the next one,right?

Jordan BirnbaumNov 19, 2013, 2:24 AM★ Spotlighted

We're on the verge of such incredible medical breakthroughs right as the planet is getting ready to kick us off.

Rachel McDonnellNov 19, 2013, 2:24 AM

so we can print anything that we fully understand the make up of... although leaves a new venue for scientific exploration, print things takes away the human ethical dilemma of true experimentation.. gah I'm a science nerd sorry lol :p

John BakerNov 19, 2013, 2:25 AM

skynet

Rachel McDonnellNov 19, 2013, 2:25 AM★ Spotlighted

oh yeah maybe it can help with climate change? we can print things the earth needs to restabalize.. hm

Jordan BirnbaumNov 19, 2013, 2:26 AM

You do have to give Hollywood credit for a lot of correct predictions…

Rachel McDonnellNov 19, 2013, 2:27 AM

I need to start my martial arts training haha

Jordan BirnbaumNov 19, 2013, 2:27 AM

guys I gotta bounce to host my Tawk - can't wait to read this from the beginning!

Rachel McDonnellNov 19, 2013, 2:27 AM★ Spotlighted

sounds awesome! so what do we do to help this 3D thing become a reality?

Jordan BirnbaumNov 19, 2013, 2:27 AM★ Spotlighted

Aww, love you guys!

Lucy DyerNov 19, 2013, 2:28 AM

thanks for this tawk. scooting off to JB's tawk. luvs ya all! :-)

John BakerNov 19, 2013, 2:29 AM★ Spotlighted

this was awesome. thank you rebecca, seth, rachel, rick, lucy, jordan, greg. :)

Rachel McDonnellNov 19, 2013, 2:31 AM

dang had to refresh! thanks for the tawk! very interesting as always! :)

Rachel McDonnellNov 19, 2013, 2:31 AM

thanks John! and yes nice to meet you! :)