BigBallinStalin wrote:Anyway, I like those 3D printers. That's gonna be huge!
Imagine those, with interchangeable print heads. There would be ones available for things ranging from printing frosting on your cake to putting certain metals down so that you can print circuits to printing live cells for creating organs.
Also, using some kind of plastic with a lowish melt temp but a highish burn temp so that you can keep reusing your old shit and make new shit.
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BigBallinStalin wrote:Anyway, I like those 3D printers. That's gonna be huge!
Imagine those, with interchangeable print heads. There would be ones available for things ranging from printing frosting on your cake to putting certain metals down so that you can print circuits to printing live cells for creating organs.
Also, using some kind of plastic with a lowish melt temp but a highish burn temp so that you can keep reusing your old shit and make new shit.
BigBallinStalin wrote:Anyway, I like those 3D printers. That's gonna be huge!
Imagine those, with interchangeable print heads. There would be ones available for things ranging from printing frosting on your cake to putting certain metals down so that you can print circuits to printing live cells for creating organs.
Also, using some kind of plastic with a lowish melt temp but a highish burn temp so that you can keep reusing your old shit and make new shit.
Hey, imagine a village which uses those printers. Anything you need, you don't need to ship in, you just print that baby up--(except the printer heads and a few raw materials for them).
That'll change the infrastructure of the world, dude. The WORLD. It's freakin' awesome. [/geeking out]
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notyou2 wrote:I read in Popular Science that they are now putting grit in soap.
YES!!! to the 21st century!!!!
This is hilarious because it is now banned.
Grit is not banned in soap. Micro-beads are banned in some places, and rightfully so.
I am curious, can you explain why? It seems an extreme statement given no research has actually been undertaken on the subject.
I believe the state of California banned micro-beads in toothpaste and such.
Ocean researchers have been finding tiny (almost microscopic) plastic beads in the oceans for quite awhile. At first they had no idea where they were coming from and it was quite a mystery. Turns out some large corporations have been putting them in product as filler to get a better return to investors and increase their bottom line. They are being found all over the world. They interfere with a great deal of water dwelling animals and are becoming quite a problem.
I googled them after the above posts. Here are some links:
notyou2 wrote:I read in Popular Science that they are now putting grit in soap.
YES!!! to the 21st century!!!!
This is hilarious because it is now banned.
Grit is not banned in soap. Micro-beads are banned in some places, and rightfully so.
I am curious, can you explain why? It seems an extreme statement given no research has actually been undertaken on the subject.
I believe the state of California banned micro-beads in toothpaste and such.
Ocean researchers have been finding tiny (almost microscopic) plastic beads in the oceans for quite awhile. At first they had no idea where they were coming from and it was quite a mystery. Turns out some large corporations have been putting them in product as filler to get a better return to investors and increase their bottom line. They are being found all over the world. They interfere with a great deal of water dwelling animals and are becoming quite a problem.
I googled them after the above posts. Here are some links:
notyou2 wrote:I read in Popular Science that they are now putting grit in soap.
YES!!! to the 21st century!!!!
This is hilarious because it is now banned.
Grit is not banned in soap. Micro-beads are banned in some places, and rightfully so.
I am curious, can you explain why? It seems an extreme statement given no research has actually been undertaken on the subject.
I believe the state of California banned micro-beads in toothpaste and such.
Ocean researchers have been finding tiny (almost microscopic) plastic beads in the oceans for quite awhile. At first they had no idea where they were coming from and it was quite a mystery. Turns out some large corporations have been putting them in product as filler to get a better return to investors and increase their bottom line. They are being found all over the world. They interfere with a great deal of water dwelling animals and are becoming quite a problem.
I googled them after the above posts. Here are some links:
notyou2 wrote:Ginkypoo, if you think vast quantities of near micro-scopic plastics in the environment are harmless, well then you are a special kind of stupid.
I dont. But I dont jold that as an absolute. There are many microparticles in the natural world already.
