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Any new technology for manufacturing objects, will find two things
among its first uses:<br>
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Weapons. And musical instruments.<br>
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Compare a rifle to a guitar: both make ample use of wood and
strategic use of metal in their construction, both entail sensuously
curved shapes that are held close to the body when in use. One
provides a means of obtaining food and defense; the other provides a
means of expressing creativity. From their respective positions
serving the base and the near-apex of Maslow's hierarchy of human
needs, each reaches toward the center of the scale, playing a role
in social cohesion: serving collective defense, and collective
performance.<br>
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The aesthetics of these objects, and the making of them, is entwined
with deep and ancient elements of our individual and collective
minds. <br>
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Today both weapons and musical instruments have become objects of
"rationalized" production on a mass scale, and in conjunction with
new materials (notably plastics), have taken on forms and shapes
that are unlike any previous Earthly creation. <br>
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So when a new technology for manufacturing arises, and comes into
the hands of Everyperson, it is not surprising that Everyperson will
wonder how the technology can be applied to one or the other, or
both.<br>
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A small-format 3D printer can print a pistol but not a rifle, and
can't print a complete musical instrument that most people would
recognize. A large-format 3D printer can do all of these things. <br>
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So I predict that when large-format 3D printers come into wider use,
among the first things we will see people produce with them, are
musical instruments with shapes and sounds that are today the stuff
of dreams and speculative fiction.<br>
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-G.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 13-05-03-Fri 9:23 PM, J Clark wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:E9605BA0-1A0C-4C31-95C0-2CF4603CA0AA@manymedia.com"
type="cite">Yes, guns. I heard that a lot on Saturday when I set
up a 3D printer on a table at the local farmer's market. People
had never seen one, or even a product from one. As soon as I
explained what my contraption was, about 1/5 of them said
something about printed guns.
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<div>We can do better. We already do better in medicine,
chemistry, building materials, engineering generally, food, and
yes, plastics. This is just the beginning. I'm sure Main Stream
Media will give us plenty more to worry about.</div>
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<div>We can do better.</div>
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">Early next week, Wilson, a 25-year University of Texas
law student and founder of the non-profit group Defense
Distributed, plans to release the 3D-printable CAD files
for a gun he calls “the Liberator,” pictured in its
initial form above. He’s agreed to let me document the
process of the gun’s creation, so long as I don’t
publish details of its mechanics or its testing until
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uploaded to Defense Distributed’s online collection of
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">All sixteen pieces of the Liberator prototype were
printed in ABS plastic with a Dimension SST printer from
3D printing company Stratasys, with the exception of a
single nail that’s used as a firing pin. The gun is
designed to fire standard handgun rounds, using
interchangeable barrels for different calibers of
ammunition.</p>
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