Original Cobra Replica/ Real Cobra Replica & 3D Printers

[OnyxRider]

I see the boys have been at it again with the real cobra/ Continuation/kit discussion.

Replica or a modern reproduction?

Let me throw my hat in the ring for a future term. You guys can figure out a better name than me...however the title states my choice: Original Cobra Replica/Real Cobra Replica

Let me give you a short lesson on 3D printers and the little I know from black programs.


I never liked the term 3D printer because they aren't printers at all. I think the term is additive manufacturers.. building complex 3 dimensional objects by spraying materials in layers through special nozzles and are more like replicators from a sci-fi movie on a simple level.

I was reading NASA is sending one up to the space station to build spare parts. Ever heard of the Liberator? It's a single shot plastic pistol made on a 3D printer.

Sex toys featuring your favorite actor are even being made on these printers. Also replacement jawbones and hips are slowly being used by the medical community along with entire skeletons for exhibits. Even nanofabrication is getting in on this new tech. Other applications I have come across... making new vinyl Lp's from digital music files, foodstuffs are on the fast track for testing, and models like the DB5 from Skyfall are being produced. ( Formlabs Form 1 can design and print car models)

URBEE is a hybrid car and the entire interior and exterior will be produced by a 3D printer.

There have been problems with the emissions of certain plastics causing health issues. But certain printers can use other base materials such as metal alloys, paper and even soil.

Now from first hand knowledge this is old news. This tech I was witness to back in the 80's in two different black programs. And it is light years away from where it was then. Not my area of expertise but I understand biological material with DNA sequencing is being produced...and the term 3D printers is not used there. The tech is not at a star trek level but it is 30-40 years ahead from what is publicly known. The area that I am familiar with is the manufacture of seamless aircraft/spacecraft exteriors. If you looked at some of these pieces you would think it came right out of a mold.


Problem with black programs and the military industrial complex is that everything is compartmentalized. Back when Trinity and the nuclear development started the gov't did this to keep everything secret so only a few knew the entire project. This is still being done today but at a much advanced level.

So back to the title cause someone is going to "print" from original specs a real...oops I meant original Cobra down the road. So what do we call it? It would be a replica certainly.....