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3D fax machine destroys as it creates

 

http://regmedia.co.uk/2015/01/23/scottyprint.jpg?x=648&y=429&crop=1

 

23 Jan 2015 at 02:50, Shaun Nichols

 

Researchers in Germany have formulated a way to transfer information to a 3D printer on a one-time purchase basis, by killing off the original.

The developers of "Scotty" believe that their development can allow 3D printing on a one-time use basis by destroying the object as it is scanned.

 

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Hmmmmm...I will have to think very hard about that one...and the ramifications of the idea.
The video is pretty good but it works by milling away the original and taking photographs as it goes.

 
Printer jam - sorry, your object has been lost 🙂

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