{"id":628,"date":"2012-01-25T12:52:12","date_gmt":"2012-01-24T23:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rogerdennis.com\/ideaport\/?p=628"},"modified":"2012-01-25T12:52:12","modified_gmt":"2012-01-24T23:52:12","slug":"3d-printing-just-got-more-interesting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rogerdennis.com\/ideaport\/?p=628","title":{"rendered":"3D printing just got more interesting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Quick update that has implications for distributed manufacturing, supply chains and last, but not least, intellectual property:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>The Pirate Bay, announced a new, legitimate direction yesterday: It&#8217;s going to host physibles, downloadable models for constructing 3D objects. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0The Pirate Bay&#8217;s move into physibles breaks new ground, since 3D printing is territory copyright lawyers have barely begun to fathom.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/archives\/forget_mp3s_the_pirate_bay_now_offers_real-world_t.php\"><img src='http:\/\/www.rogerdennis.com\/ideaport\/wp-content\/uploads\/makerbotreplicator.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>A &#8220;physible&#8221; is a digital plan for an object that can either be designed on a computer or uploaded with a 3D scanner. Those plans can be downloaded and used to assemble real, tangible objects using a 3D printer. Printers are getting more affordable, but they&#8217;re still limited by the kinds of materials they can use. But that just means it&#8217;s the dawn of this technology, and The Pirate Bay is getting in early. &#8220;We believe that in the nearby future you will print your spare [parts] for your vehicles,&#8221; TPB writes on its blog. &#8220;You will download your sneakers within 20 years.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/archives\/forget_mp3s_the_pirate_bay_now_offers_real-world_t.php\">Forget MP3s: Soon You&#8217;ll Download Your Sneakers From The Pirate Bay<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quick update that has implications for distributed manufacturing, supply chains and last, but not least, intellectual property: The Pirate Bay, announced a new, legitimate direction yesterday: It&#8217;s going to host physibles, downloadable models for constructing 3D objects. \u00a0The Pirate Bay&#8217;s move into physibles breaks new ground, since 3D printing is territory copyright lawyers have barely [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,6,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emerging-technology","category-at-the-fringes","category-futures-thinking"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdennis.com\/ideaport\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdennis.com\/ideaport\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdennis.com\/ideaport\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdennis.com\/ideaport\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdennis.com\/ideaport\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=628"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdennis.com\/ideaport\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":634,"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdennis.com\/ideaport\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628\/revisions\/634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdennis.com\/ideaport\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdennis.com\/ideaport\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdennis.com\/ideaport\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}