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Really interesting as an experiment in industrial design and a conversation piece. As a viable product, I have some doubt: anecdotally, when I see people printi

by dictum 13y ago

Really interesting as an experiment in industrial design and a conversation piece. As a viable product, I have some doubt: anecdotally, when I see people printing documents, they're in something of a hurry, and keeping the pile of paper sheets aligned would be hard. If you slightly knock the printer while using it, the stack of paper may tilt to a side. And having to keep the papers aligned would become an annoyance similar to the PC LOAD LETTER of yore. Handling A4 and Letter sizes at the same time may not be possible. I don't know how being exposed in a pile would affect the humidity of the paper... I like how it makes me think of printing as a computing process, paper as input and printed page as output, but instead of feeding the machine with input, you "feed" the input with a machine and it gives you the output. If you extend the thought, it's as if the machine disappears, and paper (the input) is processing and then outputting (printed page) itself.

arh68 13y ago
> If you extend the thought, it's as if the machine disappears Indeed it does. How long was it after we discovered DNA that we discovered its 'machine', DNA polymerase? And in the end, what's more interesting?
- joss82 13y ago
  Just to further your comment, the ribosome is another interesting machine that reads DNA and spits out little pieces of you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribosome http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribosome
ams6110 13y ago
That was my initial thought, but in practice I don't think you'd really stack up the paper as shown in the photos. You might stack up a couple of reams, which is a lot lower than the stacks shown, and it might be possible to add some kind of collapsible/telescoping "corner plates" that would help keep the stack from shifting.
- tripzilch 13y ago
  Yeah no need to unwrap the packaging of any but the top pack of sheets anyway.
sterling312 13y ago
Too bad it's a queue and not a stack. I'll show myself out now.
- Sirenos 13y ago
  How is it so? I mean the last paper placed (on top) is the first to be fed to the machine, right? Fits the definition of stack as far as I can see.
  - kunil 13y ago
    Well, I guess it depends on how you insert new pages. If you remove the machine, put new paper and put machine back then it is a stack. If you lift all papers along with the machine then it is a queue. I believe second method looks more convenient unless you have a 5 foot of paper

by dictum 13y ago

arh68 13y ago

> If you extend the thought, it's as if the machine disappears Indeed it does. How long was it after we discovered DNA that we discovered its 'machine', DNA polymerase? And in the end, what's more interesting?

joss82 13y ago
Just to further your comment, the ribosome is another interesting machine that reads DNA and spits out little pieces of you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribosome http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribosome

ams6110 13y ago

That was my initial thought, but in practice I don't think you'd really stack up the paper as shown in the photos. You might stack up a couple of reams, which is a lot lower than the stacks shown, and it might be possible to add some kind of collapsible/telescoping "corner plates" that would help keep the stack from shifting.

tripzilch 13y ago
Yeah no need to unwrap the packaging of any but the top pack of sheets anyway.

sterling312 13y ago

Too bad it's a queue and not a stack. I'll show myself out now.

Sirenos 13y ago
How is it so? I mean the last paper placed (on top) is the first to be fed to the machine, right? Fits the definition of stack as far as I can see.
- kunil 13y ago
  Well, I guess it depends on how you insert new pages. If you remove the machine, put new paper and put machine back then it is a stack. If you lift all papers along with the machine then it is a queue. I believe second method looks more convenient unless you have a 5 foot of paper