On 7/9/2011 6:38 PM, Larry Jaques wrote:
On Sat, 09 Jul 2011 18:12:46 -0400, Rita and Neil Ward
wrote:

On 7/9/2011 4:32 PM, Gerald Ross wrote:
Leon wrote:
On 7/9/2011 10:44 AM, k-nuttle wrote:
On 7/9/2011 10:54 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

"Rita and Neil wrote in message
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Fake, or something useful...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZboxMsSz5Aw

The "printing" of solid objects has been around for a while. This seems
to be many levels above though. While it seems impossible to do, so was
the box that sits in your living room with the guy inside entertaining
you.
As said they have been around for a while, however remember these are
not working units. While the wrench looked like the real thing, it was
only a non working model.

Did you not see him adjust the wrench and tighten a nut with it???

No common scanner will show the axle on which the adjuster turns.
Industrial x-ray will.
Maybe they touched up the scan to show the hidden parts before feeding
it to the printer.
If so they glossed over this.

Leon, did you notice the differences in the wrench scanned and the one
printed?

This one of a wooden statue is a more believable:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07QxFQ3uUFw&NR=1

Jay Leno has a 3-D printer and loves it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggvzcGdZsTc
Scan, print, and cast from the printed article. Cool.

--
One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
-- Sophocles
After viewing Jay Leno's video, 3D scanning would be something useful.
Check out http://www.nextengine.com/. Cool indeed!