Coolest Printer in the World: Alaris 30 Desktop 3D Printer
Objet Geometries’ new, impressive Alaris 30 Desktop 3D Printer will print detailed 3D models complete with intricate moving parts. Quite probably the most desirable printer in the world.
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91 Responses
10.24.2008
they also hate people who wish for a million wishes
10.24.2008
Genies can’t grant meta-wishes.
10.24.2008
Yeah, but the thing says it’s out of 3D toner when it’s really half full. Greedy bastards…
10.24.2008
and then when a jam occurs, you have to open a dozen different doors to find where it is
10.24.2008
Sex toy prototyping in my own home? Seriously the best invention ever.
10.24.2008
Only if you get to watch the testing and quality control aspects. And even then, selectively.
10.24.2008
was anyone else expecting a really cool retro Atari printer?
10.24.2008
OH GAWD NO…please don’t tell me I’m going to have to repair another model of printer without training.Monday morning…”please call John Smith and set up appt. to repair “Objet Geometries’ Alaris 30″ which is jamming from tray 2.Me: “Uhhh, Mr. Smith, did you try restarting it?”
10.24.2008
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10.24.2008
“Quite probably the most desirable printer in the world.”LOL!!! Yeah because the average user is always saying “I wish I had a 3D printer to pump out all those 3D prototypes…” What a load of BS.
10.24.2008
Um? Imagine never having to go out and buy spare parts for anything that uses plastic again. Lose the lid to a plastic top? Print a new one. Did the little plastic part that fits in your cabinet hinge pop? Print a new one. The possibilities are endless (although I suck at coming up with examples)
10.24.2008
I wonder how many people said that to Gutenberg when he invented the printing press. The only people who were literate (and could hence place the type) already knew how to write. Likewise, if you want ______ (no idea what) you could just go to the store and buy ______.Give it time, people will come up with uses for it.Still, 3D printers are old news, even if this is a “home” one. Why did this get on the front page?
10.24.2008
need a new heart transplant and dont have one to spare? Print a new one.oh no!, there isnt a surgeon, well just print a new one
10.24.2008
Actually they are working on that already. Well the heart thing, the surgeon will take a while longer. newscientist.com/article/mg19025474.300 …But they are making robots that can perform surgeries, better than humans can (and also without the chance of getting sued for malpractice). You could print the robots someday. Plus its not a massive step from heart to brain/limb printing, they are all basically cells. If you could print a robot, you could use the robot to assemble a printer (although it might be easier to have the robot be the printer).Although chances are by the time that its possible to do that you won’t need to though since technology will have advanced in other areas enough that you probably wouldn’t need a heart or even a physical body, or you could print off a whole new body and upload your mind into it.☢
10.24.2008
A new age of piracy is coming, downloading pirated blueprints of stuff and never having to pay for.. well anything.
10.24.2008
You will have to pay for plastics (unless you make your own from Corn, in which case you will have to grow Corn and pay for that and fertiliser and your time).Plastic crap is already cheap though, sure you can print your own plastic fork or you can walk down the road and buy a bunch for about the same price as the materials would cost you since the forks are made in bulk.Its things like electric components that are the problem.You won’t be able to print a microchip, LCD screen or electric motor any time soon, well large companies can do it with specialised systems for specific things like OLEDs and Solar Panels but your not going to be able to print an iPod or processor any time soon.Well until molecular assemblers take off…☢
10.24.2008
don’t ruin my fantasy of printing out the latest intel cpus please
10.24.2008
Cool…. it can print an error message…!
10.24.2008
it does…O /
10.24.2008
And thats the “Desktop” version? How ***** big is the business one?
10.24.2008
OH EMM GEE DUBLEYOU TEE EFF BEE BEE QUE
10.24.2008
You need to be careful which printer you select when printing.The ten commandments would have been on paper instead of a tablet if God had only paid attention to the print dialog…
10.24.2008
they should just name it the pornomatic 5000, as it’s biggest use will be printing 3D porn and toys.
10.24.2008
I can see me printing a lot of dirty shapes with that
i hope you can use cyberskin with that har har har har! we would have lots of fun together
10.24.2008
Can I print a 3D printer with it?
10.24.2008
Well in theory, Yes. Just download the RepRap parts and print them.Of course you need all the components, microchips, engines, heaters etc…☢
10.24.2008
I see a really bright future for torrents now.
10.24.2008
But can it make a good cup of tea?
10.24.2008
I’m gonna need a bigger desk..
10.24.2008
Um, we have one in my engineering building on campus. In fact I printed out a pulley today for a lab assignment with 3D printer. Its been there since I was a freshman.
10.24.2008
but.. Will it blend??
10.24.2008
Open source 3d fabricator/3d printer Fab@Home ( fabathome.org)They were the first. You can build one at home by ordering parts or if you already have one, build another unit from it
10.24.2008
Don’t forget the RepRap which is designed to be self replicating: reprap.org/bin/view/Main/WebHomeAlso you got a ) in your fab@home link, fabathome.orgUnfortunately none of these are likely to be 600×600 any time soon.☢
10.24.2008
My girlfriend has one of them at his work. It´s amazing!
10.24.2008
Your girlfriend is a he? That is amazing!
10.24.2008
Comment Dugg
ROFL… great eye…
10.24.2008
o_0 relationship fail dugg! :p
10.24.2008
How much does this thing cost?
10.24.2008
I think around 40K…
10.24.2008
HOLY SH*T!!!can’t wait for them to make an “All-in-one” version of this, you know , the one where they have a printer , scanner , fax and photocopier….then i can finally photocopy my ass in 3-D ;D
10.24.2008
The description seemed to be wrong. Surely it should read 600 by 600 by 600 dpi.