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Peter Cochrane’s Blog: Beyond 3D Printed Guns

By On May 23, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Don’t let the excitement around 3D printed guns obscure the reality about 3D printing which can be a great force for good. Read more: Peter Cochrane’s Blog: Beyond 3D Printed Guns law of attraction money

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US orders site to pull 3D gun blueprints

By On May 10, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Plans for the firearm were posted online by a law student to prove that lethal weapons cannot be regulated in the age of the internet and 3D printing Here is the original post: US orders site to pull 3D gun blueprints icompare car insurance

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Like It Or Not, I Think 3D Printing Is About To Get Legislated

By On January 19, 2013 · Leave a Comment

As the race – and it’s basically a race – to release as many 3D-printed gun parts as possible heats up, it’s never been harder for me to come down on the side of the “Freedom To Tinker” crowd. Last weekend Defense Distributed, a group dedicated to releasing plans for a 3D printed gun, posted a video and description of their 3D-printed AR-15 thirty-round magazine. The video, which is, unnecessarily, full of snarky vitriol, shows that, on some level, the 3D printed gun isn’t very far off

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Congress To Ban 3D Printed Weapons?

By On December 12, 2012 · Leave a Comment

US Representative Steve Israel of Long Island, NY proposes an extension to a law banning “undetectable weapons” , due to his fears of widespread 3D printed guns.

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Bad News: 3D Printed Guns May Become a Reality

By On October 3, 2012 · Leave a Comment

In the 1993 movie In the Line of Fire John Malkovich played Mitch Leary, an ex-CIA assassin hiding out as, get this, a design professor at Art Center in Pasadena.

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DIY Gun Project Put On Hold As Creators Have Their 3D Printer Seized

By On October 2, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Do you remember the Wiki Weapon project? It was a collection of individuals united a common banner – Defense Distributed – whose goal was to create the first fully 3D printed gun. They were inspired by the creation of a 3D printed lower receiver combined with metal parts that formed a fully working gun.

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Is File Sharing A Stumbling Block for 3D Printing?

By On September 12, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Over at the Economist’s Babbage blog there’s an interesting article about the future of 3D printing, and how ideas about piracy might “clip the wings” of an industry that is just beginning to soar. In his article, N.V. reports that “Michael Weinberg, a staff lawyer at Public Knowledge” believes 3D printing could be adversely affected by patent and copyright law

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Is Files Sharing A Stumbling Block for 3D Printing?

By On September 11, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Over at the Economist’s Babbage blog there’s an interesting article about the future of 3D printing, and how ideas about piracy might “clip the wings” of an industry that is just beginning to soar. In his article, N.V.

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A Former Patent Examiner’s Perspective On The Current “Patent Hubbub”

By On September 10, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Editor’s Note: This guest post was written by G. Nagesh Rao, an IP-Law and Technology Commercialization Strategist based out of San Francisco and Washington DC

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3D Printing and the legal system; if you think Napster was tough

By On July 13, 2012 · Leave a Comment

3D printing has arrived.

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