Watch Out 3D Printers, 4D is Coming For You

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Mizuti Guru Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: New York Posts: 972 Good Answers: 23	Watch Out 3D Printers, 4D is Coming For You 04/09/2013 3:03 PM
	This article from ThomasNet describes materials that are currently being researched that would "take shape" and create a new form after it has been printed. Is this necessarily 4D? Probably not, but I'll let you quantum fanatics figure that out. In any case, it'd be interesting to buy something small, take it out of the package, then let it form a couch right before your very eyes! __________________ The first law of thermodynamics is you do NOT talk about thermodynamics.
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JNB Guru Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 1071 Good Answers: 92	#1 Re: Watch Out 3D Printers, 4D is Coming For You 04/09/2013 3:10 PM
	In any case, it'd be interesting to buy something small, take it out of the package, then let it form a couch right before your very eyes! Especisally if it was a potato!
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tcmtech Guru Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: South of Minot North Dakota Posts: 8376 Good Answers: 775	#2 In reply to #1 Re: Watch Out 3D Printers, 4D is Coming For You 04/09/2013 3:56 PM
	"In any case, it'd be interesting to buy something small, take it out of the package, then let it form a couch right before your very eyes! Especisally if it was a potato! I think we already have that tech. It's called a wife. They start out in a small neat little package and then right before our eyes they form into a couch sized potato!
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Tobugrynbak Guru Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Deepest Darkest Rutherford Oz Posts: 951 Good Answers: 145	#3 In reply to #2 Re: Watch Out 3D Printers, 4D is Coming For You 04/09/2013 4:11 PM
	That's why you should never upgrade your girlfriend to wife, it rarely works in your favour.. __________________ There are two reasons for a man to do a thing, One that sounds good, and the real one...
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Tonymech Power-User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 403 Good Answers: 14	#4 Re: Watch Out 3D Printers, 4D is Coming For You 04/09/2013 10:45 PM
	And probably with an attitude like that you get what you deserve, I note neither of you uploaded a picture. Tony __________________ The nice thing about Standards is there are so many to choose from.
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cuba_pete Guru Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 1895 Good Answers: 44	#6 In reply to #4 Re: Watch Out 3D Printers, 4D is Coming For You 04/10/2013 11:47 AM
	That's why it's called an avatar...
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Del the cat Guru Join Date: May 2007 Location: Harlow England Posts: 16510 Good Answers: 669	#5 Re: Watch Out 3D Printers, 4D is Coming For You 04/10/2013 3:33 AM
	...something small, take it out of the package, then let it form a couch right before your very eyes! A cat in a box will do that! Oh you said couch.. I thought you said crouch Del __________________ health warning: These posts may contain traces of nut.
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RAMConsult Guru Join Date: May 2007 Location: NYC metropolitan area. Posts: 3230 Good Answers: 444	#7 Re: Watch Out 3D Printers, 4D is Coming For You 04/10/2013 2:23 PM
	I guess you've never used an inflatable bed or perhaps a folding umbrella???? Small package, bigger result! Seriously now, let's not get over enamored with technology lest our thoughts become enslaved by it ... __________________ “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” Ben Franklin.
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