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3D Printing of a Swiss Watch?,... what about Explosives, Mini-Missles, Drones?

Written by Ernest Hancock Date: 01-08-2013 Subject: Inventions

(Publisher: The law has not caught up with an individual's capacity to manufacture almost anything and to deliver it almost anywhere. I am of the opinion that this capacity is far more dangerous to The State than many realize and it will require very open and sweeping regulation of.... everything)

"We are getting to the point where we are with additive manufacturing and for those of you who don't know what that is and I'm sure you do." It's 3D printing basically. We are gonna be getting to the point where we're gonna be able to model build the Swiss Watch.

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One of the things that we did talk about and probably the best quote of-- and not that you're not a quote machine, Bruce, there was one that really stood out for me. You said, "We are getting to the point where we are with additive manufacturing and for those of you who don't know what that is and I'm sure you do." It's 3D printing basically. We are gonna be getting to the point where we're gonna be able to model build the Swiss Watch.

Yes.

And I thought that that was very impressive, certainly a technology-- a mind blowing technology. How far off is that Bruce?

Well, it's probably not the most expensive Swiss Watch, but I think that's [unknown]

Swatch.

A Swatch. I think that's within a year, and I'm talking a mechanical Swiss Watch, you know, the expensive ones, and it would be additively manufactured through 3D printing with metal.

Uh-huh.

Not with plastic.

Right.

and there's no assembly required.

Okay.

When you're done, it's fully functional.

Right.

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