Some of this will be taken care of by 3D printing

Rade

February 26, 2013 02:46PM

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You can manufacture stuff right where you need it. And presumably the materials will be 100% recyclable. Very little in the way of shipping things the way we used to.

Eventually you'll drive your car to the car lot.. put it on a big conveyor belt, push a few configuration buttons, and out the other side will come your "new" model car, made out of the materials from your old car.

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Bored at work. How do you see technology evolving in the future?	(và² _à² )> AngryFatKid	February 25, 2013 07:01AM
This is an interesting part of our technological advances.	Darbhi	February 27, 2013 08:09AM
Re: Bored at work. How do you see technology evolving in the future?	Isildur(VIP)	February 26, 2013 10:29AM
IMO the most significant benefit to aging has already been discovered.	vortexmagus	February 26, 2013 11:21PM
I, for one, will drink my gelfling juice happily. nt	Splntrd	February 27, 2013 03:56AM
I don't see energy becoming a problem.	(và² _à² )> AngryFatKid	February 26, 2013 10:54AM
Re: I don't see energy becoming a problem.	Isildur(VIP)	February 26, 2013 11:14AM
Some of this will be taken care of by 3D printing	Rade	February 26, 2013 02:46PM
Exactly.	istirith	February 26, 2013 11:16AM
Well. Yes and no on energy.	istirith	February 26, 2013 11:10AM
Cannot see this for a long time.	istirith	February 26, 2013 07:20AM
It's not as far away as you might think.	(và² _à² )> AngryFatKid	February 26, 2013 07:40AM
Nice. Didn't realise we were so far along. nt	istirith	February 26, 2013 08:48AM
Why not? Cyborgs already exist:	Matrik	February 26, 2013 07:40AM
A MUCH more intense and interesting example of cyborg/AI which really makes the modern world insanely cool to me:	Batman	February 26, 2013 07:42AM
Legit. nt	istirith	February 26, 2013 08:48AM
More sexbots (n/t)	HairyOrangutan	February 26, 2013 04:19AM
You obviously are a fan of popcorn	Stevers	February 27, 2013 07:10AM
Ewwwwwwwwww asians	HairyOrangutan	February 27, 2013 08:18AM
Get 'em, Batman! (n/t)	MiyagiYojimbo	February 27, 2013 03:04PM
Hoooooooooooo boy.	The Faithful of Nazmorghul	February 25, 2013 07:24PM
I think 3d printing is the next big thing, but it'll take a few decades to get out to people	Rade	February 25, 2013 10:34AM
Screw the microwave: Star Trek Food Replicators ftw (n/t)	Quixotic	February 25, 2013 04:44PM
B-but I just w-wanna be B-b-borg! NT	Batman	February 25, 2013 05:03PM
Go talk to Kurzweil then. (n/t)	sevriis	February 25, 2013 06:01PM
They've already got some pretty rad ones.	(và² _à² )> AngryFatKid	February 25, 2013 11:09AM
Where are they at with the cost of such things?	Matrik	February 25, 2013 10:40AM
You can get a small one for a few hundred dollars	Rade	February 25, 2013 10:55AM
Incredible. Both this post and AngryFatKid's (n/t)	Matrik	February 25, 2013 11:34AM
On this subject: http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/132918-the-laser-powere d-bionic-eye-that-gives-576-pixel-grayscale-vision-to-the- blind nt (n/t)	Cerunnir(VIP)	February 25, 2013 07:44AM
Complex calculations on the fly and in real time would be fun if combined with bionic eyes.	Cerunnir(VIP)	February 25, 2013 07:41AM
I'm stoked for conscious control of normally subconscious systems in the body	(và² _à² )> AngryFatKid	February 25, 2013 08:37AM
You're forgetting that that freedom would be based on	Splntrd	February 27, 2013 04:00AM
Initially, sure, but eventually there will be a "linux" version	(và² _à² )> AngryFatKid	February 27, 2013 07:19AM
Surgery isn't new, but it's still expensive. nt	Splntrd	February 27, 2013 04:53PM

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