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Another Industry In Decline

by thunderbird
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Technology affects myriad industries and they either get restructured to adapt to it or pretty much disappear. Here's a discussion of the decline of the adult industry.
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For me, it means that Vancouver is looking better with fewer putrid city clocks catering to those urges. New York is looking a lot better too, isn't it?

  • Profile picture of the author seasoned
    YEAH, imagine! I would have said since like the 50s, if I were around so long, but HAVE said it since the 60s, that the days of teaching as we knew it were numbered. NOW, I know about the unions, government monopolies, LOBBYISTS, UNIONS,, etc... that likely have frustrated the adoption of good ideas.

    People have said the TV would do the same. We now know it DIDN'T! They have said the computer would! We now know it really DIDN'T! THEN, they said the internet would. In actuality, the Internet is now often advertised as a reason NOT to learn!

    But on that mind device, that I do NOT believe? If THAT were true, and used, as a magic pill, like on the matrix? IMAGINE! TEACHING, FOREIGN LANGUAGE, SCHOOLS THEMSELVES could VANISH!

    Like I said though, I don't believe it, and people WOULD try to frustrate its adoption.

    But yeah, many industries are going to change. In some cases I think "WAY TO GO"! In other cases I think it is a real shame.

    Steve
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    Funny, Steve, what what I've been witnessing, everything has changed. Almost nothing is the same as it was. When it comes the the original industry I was referring to, I gather that it is becoming more and more a home-business of sorts, lol.

    I think the change with the greatest implications for industry and lifestyle in general will turn out to be advent 3D printers. It is affecting everything from dentistry to jewelry-manufacturing to...
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    • Profile picture of the author seasoned
      Originally Posted by thunderbird View Post

      Funny, Steve, what what I've been witnessing, everything has changed. Almost nothing is the same as it was. When it comes the the original industry I was referring to, I gather that it is becoming more and more a home-business of sorts, lol.

      I think the change with the greatest implications for industry and lifestyle in general will turn out to be advent 3D printers. It is affecting everything from dentistry to jewelry-manufacturing to...
      3D-Printed Adult Toys
      Well, I wasn't saying nothing changed. The oil industry changed farms did, accounting did, phones, storage, paper, etc.... I was only talking about ONE industry and how affecting IT too much could affect so much else.

      As for 3d printers? I don't buy it! Take the crown I got, for example. IT is Metal and porcelain. Could a 3D printer do that? NOPE! They COULD have a scanner scan the tooth, and create two pieces on the 3D printer that could be used to form a mold that could be used to create the piece, or have slugs where they could use CNC(An older technology that is kind of a 3D printer in REVERSE), but otherwise I wouldn't trust 3DP for a permanent replacement.

      Same with METAL AND JEWEL jewelry making. I mean I COULD see plastic rings, and jewels, etc... MAYBE later lower melting point metals. For precious metals, it seems like the LOWEST one that is safe that is used for some precious metals melts at over 1100f! If you want CHEAP jewelry, there is always TIN at 450f! By contrast, the most common material used in 3D printers has a melting point of effectively about 221 °F. Of course, there ARE alloys, but I doubt the end result would melt at a temperature below that of the lowest component melting point.

      With OLD CNC, you can cause machines to automatically machine a part to make a worthless chunk of metal into a rather complex and useful part. It has been around for DECADES, but only NOW starting to be rather inexpensive, and widely used. 3D printers actually use the SAME logic and mechanics, and are technically CNC, but use a product that can be placed in a soft or adhesive state and fixed in it to try to create a product close to what you want. OLD CNC typically uses cutting and/or shaping tools to change an existing form.

      Steve
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      • Profile picture of the author thunderbird
        Originally Posted by seasoned View Post

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        As for 3d printers? I don't buy it! <snip>
        I don't take anything you write lightly, Steve. However, 3D printers are already being employed to dentistry and jewelry making.

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        • Profile picture of the author seasoned
          Originally Posted by thunderbird View Post

          I don't take anything you write lightly, Steve. However, 3D printers are already being employed to dentistry and jewelry making.

          3D printing with metal: The final frontier of additive manufacturing | ExtremeTech
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          Well, I WAS looking at this from the standpoint of how 2D and at least MOST 3D printers work. What they describe in that document is more like a copying machine, or laser printer(which actually works like a xerography copying machine.) They both work by taking a statically charged drum, using a laser to erase the charge, have it pick up dust, transfer it to a page, and fuse it. They say that they use a laser to fuse metal powder.

          Still, they make it clear that other things have to be done....

          To compete with modern manufacturing methods, perhaps the fastest method of metal printing is to deposit a powder metal matrix that contains binders. After each layer is deposited, the binder is melted and the metal is temporarily held together until it is fused in a final bake in an oven. The part can be printed entirely in this way, or just a shell can be printed which can then be used to mold metals of a lower melting point.

          One of the premier organizations to capture public attention is Shapeways, which has streamlined the process to be able to provide a (metal or plastic) printed part in the shortest time possible. It has a variety of metal materials to choose from, and even offers precious metal printing in silver. Nowadays you can do a lot with a thousand dollars in the world of 3D printing -- and what you can do with few hundred thousand is a whole lot more incredible.
          I wasn't fully discounting it, only the single step idea. They DO speak of how the METAL part may be done in the near future such that one step may be sufficient. Although they DO talk about the possibility of using multiple materials in the future, it would be interesting if one were something such as porcelain so they COULD do it in one step.

          Steve
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