Among the most recent and extravagant uses of these 3D printers is what comes from Amos Dudley, a young student at the Technological Institute of New Jersey.
The boy has never worn a brace for the teeth in middle school and has found this way with crooked teeth throughout his adolescence; normally he would have to spend thousands of dollars to treat himself, instead he chose to treat himself in a “do it yourself” way by making a special plastic support denture with a 3D printer, spending only $ 60 for printing materials.
Obviously the boy had to study the morphology of human teeth and model one by computer, but facing the risks and with a little ‘luck he managed to get a new and better smile.
And if you could also print the food? In the Sugar Lab of Los Angeles it is already like this: the factory uses the common sugar to print very sweet drawings on their biscuits. By inserting raw materials such as meat, vegetables, sauces and spices, it manages to create perfectly round pizzas, chicken croquettes, ravioli and other types of dishes.
Not all uses of this wonderful invention, however, are for purely beneficial purposes. A Texas law graduate, Cody Wilson, has designed (and printed) a custom-made machine gun model, which is fully functional.
After his announcement, the man published the plans for the press through his blog, starting his “distributed defense” plan giving anyone the chance to arm themselves. The Liberator (so called by its creator) is totally plastic but capable of firing lethal bullets like a common firearm. A Structured Light Scanner makes it easier to map the dimensions of an object.
There are dozens of types of 3D printers and sometimes they are themselves to be victims of human madness: a certain Saul posted on the well-known website.
The guide on how to make a chocolate printer joining these two fantastic worlds loved by a good part of humanity. The instructions to build it are very simple, the required materials are quite common and affordable for everyone (a funnel for chocolate, a heater to make it liquid, other simple components like a Structured Light Scanner).
Andre Rudenko, on the other hand, printed a real castle that he placed in his backyard in Minnesota. In short, realizing the dreams of children who wish to be owners of fairytale houses and castles in this era is extremely easy and cheap. The same children can be the creators of new works of art: with 3D printers, also of an economic model, you can create real sculptures with scribbled drawings made by the little ones, realizing a real collection.