• Question: What's the coolest thing you can 3D print?

    Asked by SopChap to Philip on 10 Mar 2015.
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      Philip Moriarty answered on 10 Mar 2015:

      Oh, I hope I didn’t mislead anyone with the statements in my profile! We don’t do 3D printing ourselves — we’re trying to develop methods of manipulating atoms which would allow the ultimate in 3D printing. Although the video below is pure science fiction I find it very inspiring. Is it possible to develop a nanofactory along these lines?

      As regards the coolest thing I’ve ever seen 3D printed by someone else, it’s this: http://publiclab.org/notes/flatCat/08-29-2014/ramanpi-the-3d-printable-raspberry-pi-raman-spectrometer

      A Raman spectrometer detects the tiny vibrations of molecules. It’s not an easy thing to build. 3D printing an entire spectrometer is *really* impressive!

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