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only when they start printing ICs


Trying to restrict the non-printed ICs you'd connect to your 3D printed parts would be even dumber. There's a zillion things that can slam out bits and control a stepper motor.


you can build a 3d printer out of general-purpose electronic bits, anything they tried to ban would send ripples into countless other industries that are completely unrelated to each other or 3d printing.

By "general-purpose" I mean that there's no components that are 3d-printer specific; motor controllers and microcontrollers and voltage regulators and all the various jellybean parts. And even if there were any, they could easily be replaced with general-purpose components.


Well, you can print out of conductive materials.




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