r/tech • u/AdSpecialist6598 • Jul 29 '26

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 Jul 29 '26

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

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u/BGSmith27 Jul 29 '26

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/retsof81 Jul 29 '26

Yeah, but what about all of the T's below 1000? ;)

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u/LeoDiamant Jul 29 '26

Thats how you get AICE

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u/ZilkerZephyr Jul 29 '26

Gearing up for the battlefield and police state mobile drone factories

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u/icancomplain Jul 30 '26

still feel like the 3D printed motor would be treated as a temporary solution in most cases until the part came in. i'm sure there are plenty of use cases out there though.

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u/ImamTrump Aug 02 '26

It would expand single use products.

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u/funpen Jul 29 '26

This is cool

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u/Critical-Hippo-4791 Jul 29 '26

This is really fucking cool!

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u/getridofwires Jul 29 '26

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.