Comments by "Mat Broomfield" (@matbroomfield) on "Ави Рейхентал: Что будет дальше в 3D-печати" video.

  1. Another breathlessly excited video about the brave new world. I notice he didn't talk about 3D printed guns, custom designed bombs, and all the other  ways that the same technology can be abused. Not actually being a naysayer - all the stuff he talked about is exciting, but we need to approach it with equal measures of excitement and caution.
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  2. Stan Velijev You make a fair point about the milling  (I assume - I know nothing about gun manufacture), but  I know that right now, in a country where guns are illegal, I could undoubtedly acquire the plans and expertise to create my own 3D guns. I'm not being alarmist at all. There are consumer 3D printers that can print using alloys right now. Yes they may be expensive at the moment, but not for long. Remember when CD writers cost £800 and required dedicated hard drives costing a further £1000? And in less than 15 years, you can not only buy them for £15, but they're almost obsolete! Was it alarmist to warn about the dangers of the internet? Nuclear fission? Biological warfare? Smart robots? Nanotechnology? All are now potential threats to the future of mankind. This is probably a much smaller scale of threat, but one worth considering nevertheless. Suddenly, all people need is a little CAD knowledge, and a £3000 printer, and they are able to manufacture all manner of complex devices that may have been beyond their means before.
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  3. Vociferous Daew I think you're being INCREDIBLY naïve. Remember when the Anarchist's cookbook was a thing on the internet? And society is still paying the price for that getting into the wild. I wonder how many lives that cost? To say that "we" are not interested in making guns, assumes that the rest of the world is like you - presumably peaceful. 10 seconds of watching the news makes a mockery of that belief. 
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  4. Mikolaj1406 That's true enough in America. I don't live in America. 
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  5. Stan Velijev Thank you for the information Stan. I stand educated. :-)
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  6. Vociferous Daew You are sooooo wrong. And also stupid. Bigot - really?
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