Amazon Echo Club

[booklover6]

Refurbished Echos are @ $165 on Amazon

Watch the Daily deals, Echo deals, and Lightning deals. Occasionally the Echo, Tap, and Dot will go on sale.

[FizzyWater]

Thanks, everyone!

[Alohamora]

Originally Posted by wodin

I asked Alexa for "Tea, Earl Grey, Hot" but she said "Sorry, the replicators are not programmed for that beverage", so I had to use the Keurig instead.

Alexa on my tablet said "unable to comply, replicators are offline"

Good thing too, as I dislike Earl Grey,

[wodin]

Originally Posted by Alohamora

Alexa on my tablet said "unable to comply, replicators are offline"

Good thing too, as I dislike Earl Grey,

I wonder how long it will take to connect Alexa to a 3D printer and a library of templates. Then she'd be able to "replicate" the cup, but I think she'd still have a bit of trouble with the tea.

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by wodin

I wonder how long it will take to connect Alexa to a 3D printer and a library of templates. Then she'd be able to "replicate" the cup, but I think she'd still have a bit of trouble with the tea.

Probably not long since Dremel just came out with one.

[wodin]

Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

Probably not long since Dremel just came out with one.

At a grand a pop, still way too spendy, but Amazon has one for under $300.

[ApK]

Originally Posted by wodin

At a grand a pop, still way too spendy, but Amazon has one for under $300.

There are better 3D Printer options than DaVinci for <$300.
This one for example:
https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=15365

(BTW, the Dremel has been out for quite some time. It's been on display at my local best buy for over a year. It's supposed to be a functional display, I think, but it never functions.....)

Originally Posted by wodin

At a grand a pop, still way too spendy, but Amazon has one for under $300.

With ink printers, the ink cartridges add up quickly. With the 3D printers the spools of plastic look like they cost about $25-30 for 600g. One reviewer said that a 1"x1"x2" Lego piece takes about 15g to print. So 15g is required to print about 2 cubic inches. So divide 600g by 15g and you get 40 units of 2 cubic inches, or 80 cubic inches per spool. The cube root of that means that a $25+ spool of plastic prints a block about 4.3"x4.3"x4.3". That can add up really quick!

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by ApK

There are better 3D Printer options than DaVinci for <$300.
This one for example:
https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=15365

(BTW, the Dremel has been out for quite some time. It's been on display at my local best buy for over a year. It's supposed to be a functional display, I think, but it never functions.....)

I saw one at Lowe's.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by jswinden

With ink printers, the ink cartridges add up quickly. With the 3D printers the spools of plastic look like they cost about $25-30 for 600g. One reviewer said that a 1"x1"x2" Lego piece takes about 15g to print. So 15g is required to print about 2 cubic inches. So divide 600g by 15g and you get 40 units of 2 cubic inches, or 80 cubic inches per spool. The cube root of that means that a $25+ spool of plastic prints a block about 4.3"x4.3"x4.3". That can add up really quick!

But you can make whistles at home. How cool is that?

[tubemonkey]

Amazon needs to make Alexa enabled 3D printers:

"Alexa, make me a whistle"

[AnemicOak]

Hook Alexa up to one of the 3D food printers and you'll be closer to getting your replicator. (you could use the 3D chocolate printer to make yourself some candy bars)

[kansaskyle]

Did y'all see that Tap now gets a hands-free update?

https://techcrunch.com/2017/02/09/am...ap-hands-free/

[ApK]

Originally Posted by jswinden

With ink printers, the ink cartridges add up quickly. With the 3D printers the spools of plastic look like they cost about $25-30 for 600g. One reviewer said that a 1"x1"x2" Lego piece takes about 15g to print. So 15g is required to print about 2 cubic inches. So divide 600g by 15g and you get 40 units of 2 cubic inches, or 80 cubic inches per spool. The cube root of that means that a $25+ spool of plastic prints a block about 4.3"x4.3"x4.3". That can add up really quick!

It's typically closer to $20 per kilogram, but varies wildly depending on material and quality of material.

For a given volume of object, even a simple geometric form, the amount of material varies GREATLY depending on wall thickness and infill density.

But, suffice to say, 3D printing is orders of magnitude more expensive than common plastic mass production processes. It is an amazing tool for designers, engineers, and other "makers," it is NOT a consumer technology, nor is it the post-scarcity replicator a la Star Trek!

Yet.


ApK

p.s. It's starting to look like the Tiko 3D printer I backed on Kickstarter may not come to be, so I might start saving for whatever is new and cheap this coming year. Maybe one of those monoprice minis.....