I got CUPS working just in time.

Ceri found a load of 3D printers . I knew this was amazing for prototyping in polymer, but some people are printing metal in 3D.

You can already rent time on a hardprinter, design stuff in CAD and upload it.

The kit isn’t obscenely expensive – any biggish company should be able to afford one. Think of the potential:

  • IKEA could put Allen keys on their website for you to print off.
  • the post office could go and piss up a rope
  • as of yesterday, budding Reanimators can also print organs (for that ‘just buried’ freshness).
  • unspeakable things can crawl out of such a portal and pour themselves into your lungs

- oh sorry, didn’t I mention Dennis Hong and his work on ‘whole-skin locomotion’ robots ?
That’s a bit of a mouthful, so let’s just call it a fucking ROBOTIC SHOGGOTH.

Have a look at the video. At first glance it may resemble a dild cucumber skidding across the floor, but don’t be fooled. The last few seconds clearly show it squirting itself through a hole and trying to chew his fist off. Eldritch as fuck.

Brings new meaning to ‘Internet Worm’.
All your workgroup printers spitting out A4 saying ’PwnZored!!!!’ is one thing, but when they start spawning entities hellbent on your destruction, it’s time for a service pack.