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You can "download" crappy, not very effective guns. And you still need to obtain the ammo (the actually lethal part) the old-fashioned way. I would very much b
by slavak 8y ago
You can "download" crappy, not very effective guns. And you still need to obtain the ammo (the actually lethal part) the old-fashioned way.
I would very much be surprised if it becomes possible for drugs or explosives any time within my lifetime. Chemistry and physics just don't work that way.
- paradite 8y agoI thought so too, but then I googled "3d print drugs" and "3d print explosives". I think google doesn't censor results based on location? So you should see the same results. Edit: To save your time and avoid polluting your search history: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/01/you-could-soon-be-manufacturing-your-own-drugs-thanks-3d-printing http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/01/you-could-soon-be-man... https://all3dp.com/custom-shaped-explosives-us-navy-3d-printed-hp-3d-printers/ https://all3dp.com/custom-shaped-explosives-us-navy-3d-print...
- slavak 8y agoThanks, that's quite interesting. Still, you do need very specific input materials for both processes. In the case of the latter, you basically need a spool of explosive string. You're not so much printing an explosive as you are shaping an explosive into a desired form. I'm sure it's still very useful, but I don't think it's a particularly big game changer in the "smuggling things into a country" field.