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Whilst not the same thing, these reminded me of the color 3d printers by MCor[0]. I wonder whether you could do a colored globe with actual mountain ranges on
by 50CNT 10y ago
Whilst not the same thing, these reminded me of the color 3d printers by MCor[0]. I wonder whether you could do a colored globe with actual mountain ranges on something like that.
[0]http://mcortechnologies.com/3d-printers/matrix-300-plus/ http://mcortechnologies.com/3d-printers/matrix-300-plus/
Edit: Found some pictures of a topographic print [http://mcortechnologies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/10603646_867608479916851_2889663454906018404_n-2.jpg http://mcortechnologies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/10603...] No globes though.
- elcapitan 10y agoWow, the topographic print is great. Although the technology is already quite old, I still get shudders somehow when looking at mountains and valleys in Google Maps. Creating little relief maps of the world around us would be awesome. That used to be something that public offices would showcase in their entrance, but it was a huge individual effort to create them. Today you could feed OSM data into a 3d printer, very nice.
- caf 10y agoEven at the size of the Churchill globe mentioned in the article, Mt Everest would still be less than a millimetre above sea level. So I don't think the mountain ranges would be very noticeable.
- 50CNT 10y agoHmm, I guess there's a point there, since it only has 0.1 mm accuracy. I think it'd still look cool with satellite imagery though.