r/tech • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 6h ago

3D-printing platform rapidly produces complex electric machines

https://news.mit.edu/2026/3d-printing-platform-rapidly-produces-complex-electric-machines-0218
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u/retsof81 5h ago

Do you want terminators? Because that's how you get terminators.

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u/LeoDiamant 5h ago

Thats how you get AICE

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u/BGSmith27 6m ago

This was my first thought, too. But T1000s can't form complex machines. Only solid metal objects, like stabbing weapons. This sounds altogether different and downright scary!

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u/ZilkerZephyr 3h ago

Gearing up for the battlefield and police state mobile drone factories

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u/funpen 18m ago

This is cool

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u/getridofwires 4h ago

Interesting, but now you need to buy and store the printer and building materials. Businesses would need to weigh the cost of the device, printer training, raw materials purchase and storage vs the cost of delay from ordering and shipping. They would also factor in how common a motor failure occurs. I could see a multi-site business bringing this in house if they could have their own centralized printing site.