In Ironic Move, 3D Printer Prints 3D Printer
The verdict is in, and the human race had better watch out. A tech giant in Silicon Valley has built a 3D printer that taught itself how to print a 3D printer.
The tech company, Peach, Inc., has been working on the printer for nearly a decade. Peach co-founder Steve Tasks had this to say: “I’ve always been a huge fan of irony, so when the idea of a printer that could actually create things came up, I said to my then-roommate, ‘Mom, wouldn’t it be funny if we created a printer that could print a printer?’” And my roommate nodded and said, “Yes, honey,” and things really took off from there.
Tasks named the printer George after his dog, George (named after one of the earlier presidents of the United States, where Tasks was born and currently resides), and the machine uses a technique called ‘neuroleptic form-fitting leveraging’ (NFL) to teach itself how to build.
The original plan was for the machine to create a standard printer, one that could render documents from a computer screen onto pieces of pre-loaded paper. However, it seems as though George had other things in mind.
“We were as surprised as anybody when out came a 3D printer,” Tasks said. “We think it’s pretty cool. I mean, think about it; if it turns out that George Jr. can also make 3D printers, our company may have just created the parent of an entirely new reproductive species.”
Critics, however, are not quite so amused. “This sounds like something out of Terminator 2, which is available on Amazon for three easy payments of $19.99” said the actor who played John Connors in the second Terminator movie. “Once you start down that path, it only ends with the extinction of the human race. Period. There is no other alternative. You’ve all seen it happen on the big screen, and plots of awesome movies like Terminator 2 almost always turn out to be true-to-life, which is why it’s considered one of the all-time greats.”
No one seems certain how this will play out on the world stage, or how this will effect the United States’ relationship with countries like China or North Korea, but advance orders are already pouring in from around the globe. One thing’s for sure; the future of the tech industry may not be written — or printed — in ink.
