Architect plans 3D-printed building
An architect in Holland reveals plans to 3D print buildings inspired by the Earth’s landscape.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-2112106
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Can we think of 3D printing as a true manifestation of digital? One day will we be able to print anything? Complete and total end of the industrial revolution and a back away from the economy of the spectacle…
I think it has pretty revolutionary potential – the idea of the 3D printer essentially facilitating the “World Builder” video or real-life Sims city building doesn’t actually seem that far fetched…
Personally I thought this BBC report into the 3D printer that is being used to create “bone-like” material which researchers claim can be used to repair injuries was an amazing story, see
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15963467
The idea that we may be able to print not just bones, but potentially organs and other human tissue may open the doors to blending organs and synthetic material.
This is so exciting – I thought the spray on plaster was an excellent modern-day conception, but spray on bone or printing cell matter is quite a different feat.
It really does start to question the ‘line’ of the digital – when the digitally augmented human is as human as both man and machine, does the distinction no longer matter?
… Could this become a more Babylon 5-like society, of various human-like forms?! I guess we only have our imagination for now, and time to wait and see!
(I meant organic earlier on)…. If using imagination: if we can rebuild, repair, replace human tissue, would human matter become obsolete, secondary to synthetic?
This dystopian view can be balanced with utopian expectations.
The success of the 2012 paralympic games, and the raised profiles of the athletes with prosthetic limbs was an amazing achievement for the sportsmen and women but also for the scientists who refined the products. What will we see in Brasil 2016?… exciting!