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Except that soon you'll be able to just print the guns out at home.

• ktizo 14y ago
  And the drugs - http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/jul/21/chemputer-that-prints-out-drugs http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/jul/21/chemputer-that... And some spare organs in case of accidents involving the guns and the drugs - http://www.ted.com/talks/anthony_atala_growing_organs_engineering_tissue.html http://www.ted.com/talks/anthony_atala_growing_organs_engine... And nice little chocolate things - http://www.chocedge.com/ http://www.chocedge.com/ And a new home after you destroy your existing one with the guns after binging out on all the drugs and chocolate - http://www.contourcrafting.org/ http://www.contourcrafting.org/
  • nsxwolf 14y ago
    This is a very exciting future indeed. There hasn't been something like this since the home computing revolution. It's the 1970s again, and we're still at the Homebrew Computer Club stage.
    • ktizo 14y ago
      Tell me about it. I went and bought a reprap. I now have a 3d printer on my desk that's priced well under a grand, that is cheap as hell to run and that is designed from the outset for making replacement and upgraded components for itself. - http://www.reprap.org http://www.reprap.org Why more people haven't bought one already is more of a mystery to me.
• mc32 14y ago
  People could --but to what degree of success? A gunsmith, yes, but any yobbo at home? They might fire once, they might explode.
  • nsxwolf 14y ago
    That's why I'm putting it more like 20 years out. Eventually there will be printing technology that will provide the tolerances required for a complete gun that doesn't blow up in your face.