Topic: 3d printing Nintendo Consoles?

I've heard of 3d printing just recently but didn't know that you can now actually print full on consoles. I've made a few other things like guitars and most recently a guitalele but full on game consoles is just awesome.

Heck I would love if one day we could print actual employees who come on time so our business doesn't suffer. We run a few healthcare clinics and have experimented with 3d printed human body parts as well (Prosthetics).

Anyways, is someone selling a course on this like these guys?

Love to learn more.

This is a case but I'm sure if you can print a solid case like this, then it must be possible to print out your own video game console!

I mean that would be pretty darn sweet!

Does anyone here have any practical experience in 3d printing?

@bandicootboy:

That's not exactly how 3D Printing works. When you 3D Print something the printer lays down filament (basically a 3D Printer's version of ink) in a particular specified pattern.

For this reason, most 3D printed things are just plastic, as that's what commercial filament is. You can buy this type of 3D printer at a consumer electronics store (see: MakerBot)

It is possible to 3D print other things (scientists has 3D printed meat, DNA, and computer components), but that requires extremely expensive technology. I have no idea if the chips of a console are possible to print, but to do so, one would need extensive knowledge of not only the type of board the console uses, but the material and properties of each component.

I think there's a major difference between printing a plastic case and printing a working console.

Maybe NX Ui(2040) will print amiibo at fairly cheap prices, then we can just buy 3D printer stuff instead of amiibo.

@iKhan: As of now, it's impossible. Even excluding the different materials, commercial 3D printer only get down to a size of around 0.1 or 0.2 mm. It needs to be at least a million times smaller than that if you even want to attempt printing a modern chip, as the width of the conducting lines are only a few nanometres wide. Might be possible in the future, who knows, but definitely not anytime soon.

"Printing" stuff like DNA isn't done like regular 3D printing either, as the method is completely different.

sighs Kids.

Those 3d printers are getting really fancy. Printing hard and soft plastic, steel, circuits, microchips and whatnot.

@Morpheel: Oooh I can't wait for till that becomes like the 'Norm'.