Comment on California just passed a law forcing mandatory DRM in 3D printers
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 days agoYou currently can not fully 3D print a gun
Even if you could, distinguishing a gun from everything else is impossible. This is more about people using 3D printing for right to repair
GladiusB@lemmy.world 2 days ago
You don’t know it’s impossible. That’s just insane to think that recognition software can tell that a person’s seatbelt is on if that there is someone at their front door with a package or a bicycle means it’s likely possible.
lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2 days ago
It literally is impossible. The only thing going to a 3d printer is a series of commands to the the various stepper motors and heating elements what to do. It would have to be capable of reversing this code to reconstruct the object being printed. A printer is not going to have enough processing power to do this if it’s even possible at all.
GladiusB@lemmy.world 2 days ago
The computer it’s connected to does
lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 day ago
A 3d printer does not have to be connected to a PC at all to function.