27 Science Fictions That Became Science Facts In 2012

[James]

27 Science Fictions That Became Science Facts In 2012 | MyScienceAcademy

We may never have our flying cars, but the future is here. From creating fully functioning artificial leaves to hacking the human brain, science made a lot of breakthroughs this year.

 

[ViperGTI]

This was actually quite interesting

 

[Wenzdayz]

very interesting in deed!

 

[JP'S]

Most enjoyable sir james

 

[czc]

I like that they printed a house.

3D printing will probably change a few industries in the future.

 

[Crzwaco]

I like that they printed a house.

3D printing will probably change a few industries in the future.

Would give a whole new meaning to "You wouldn't download a car"

 

[Juvenile]

1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 13, 19, 23, 25 interested me most.

 

[Avatar]

I like that they printed a house.

3D printing will probably change a few industries in the future.

Would give a whole new meaning to "You wouldn't download a car"

It's already changed the outlook on space travel. A huge potential problem for manned missions to Mars used to be the need to carry spares. They tend to weigh a lot, and deciding on which ones to take is an issue. Now, the crew needs one 3d printer and some plastic, and a hard drive full of CAD models. Ground control discovers a fault in a part? No worries, we didn't carry an extra kilogram for nothing.. Just update the .dxf!

The flipside of it is combatting the massive logistical nightmare of getting parts to the end user for everyday things. Appliances in and around the house, your car, etc. Soon, in stead of tracking down a dealership and paying waaaaaaay too much for a plastic bracket that holds your car window winder in place, you'll pay waaaaaaay too much for the CAD model of said part. That said, though, 3d printing does open a new avenue for pirate parts to come in; since the manufacturing quality has always been the main argument against using pirate parts, and the manufacturing in such a case being exactly the same as the official part, what stops you from using pirate parts? Or simply measuring the original part up and drawing it up in CAD yourself?

Interesting times!

 

[Crzwaco]

It's already changed the outlook on space travel. A huge potential problem for manned missions to Mars used to be the need to carry spares. They tend to weigh a lot, and deciding on which ones to take is an issue. Now, the crew needs one 3d printer and some plastic, and a hard drive full of CAD models. Ground control discovers a fault in a part? No worries, we didn't carry an extra kilogram for nothing.. Just update the .dxf!

The flipside of it is combatting the massive logistical nightmare of getting parts to the end user for everyday things. Appliances in and around the house, your car, etc. Soon, in stead of tracking down a dealership and paying waaaaaaay too much for a plastic bracket that holds your car window winder in place, you'll pay waaaaaaay too much for the CAD model of said part. That said, though, 3d printing does open a new avenue for pirate parts to come in; since the manufacturing quality has always been the main argument against using pirate parts, and the manufacturing in such a case being exactly the same as the official part, what stops you from using pirate parts? Or simply measuring the original part up and drawing it up in CAD yourself?

Interesting times!

A step closer to these

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replicator_(Star_Trek)