From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 27 12:38:30 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13FC037B401 for ; Sun, 27 Jul 2003 12:38:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from vhost109.his.com (vhost109.his.com [216.194.225.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1172F43F3F for ; Sun, 27 Jul 2003 12:38:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brad.knowles@skynet.be) Received: from [10.0.1.2] (localhost.his.com [127.0.0.1]) by vhost109.his.com (8.12.6p2/8.12.3) with ESMTP id h6RJcQtS077760; Sun, 27 Jul 2003 15:38:27 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from brad.knowles@skynet.be) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: bs663385@pop.skynet.be Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <3F241E1E.2060904@potentialtech.com> References: <3F2412C6.8030907@potentialtech.com> <3F241E1E.2060904@potentialtech.com> Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2003 21:34:40 +0200 To: Bill Moran From: Brad Knowles Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" cc: Brad Knowles cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Nonsense discussion: dreaming up new technology X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2003 19:38:30 -0000 At 2:46 PM -0400 2003/07/27, Bill Moran wrote: > But I assume this will improve with time and research ... Response times of e-ink are already improving. > I don't even consider these related technologies. These are simply newer > forms of CNC. Only difference is that they add the material to the product > instead of taking a block of material and machining the extra away. I > don't see them being any more useful than traditional CNC machining > practice either. I know a prototype shop that has been CNCing scale models > out of foam for years. And I'm sure they weren't the first to do it. I disagree. There are plenty of types of things that CNC is simply not capable of making, whereas the 3-D stereolithography systems can. Moreover, they can make fully functional products that are ready to drop into use, and not just wax or plastic models that can be used as prototypes to see if they will work, or from which molds are made and then actual usable castings made from the molds. > So what's your guess on how long before we see these "rechargable > newspapers"? 10 years? 20? C'mon ... let's place some bets! I'd be willing to guess that some high-end magazines might be ready to do things like this within five years. -- Brad Knowles, "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania. GCS/IT d+(-) s:+(++)>: a C++(+++)$ UMBSHI++++$ P+>++ L+ !E-(---) W+++(--) N+ !w--- O- M++ V PS++(+++) PE- Y+(++) PGP>+++ t+(+++) 5++(+++) X++(+++) R+(+++) tv+(+++) b+(++++) DI+(++++) D+(++) G+(++++) e++>++++ h--- r---(+++)* z(+++)