We all want the Star Trek replicator but we have a way to go before that is a reality. Until then 3D printing is showing the way to what’s possible someday and will hopefully be used for good and not just fast-food! The Gang discusses the 3D printing space due to a public Minnesota company’s acquisition this past week of the premiere consumer-ish 3D printer on the market.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson.
Music: The Liberty Bell Composer: John Phillip Sousa Performer: United States Marine Band
(story behind why it was used as the Monty Python theme)

The Podcast

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Discussed During the Show

• Minnesota Stories:
  • 3D Printing
    • Stratasys buys 3D printer firm Makerbot for $403 Million
    • Best of both 3-D worlds for MakerBot 
    • 3D printing: Don’t believe the hype
    • 3D-printed pinhead battery could power robots
    • This ‘Robohand’ Shows The Vast Potential Of 3D Printing
  • Amazon to stop paying Minnesota bloggers for sales traffic
  • Kickstarter Map Shows How People Around The U.S. Decide What To Crowdfund
  • Raht Racer: They built a vehicle and now want to build a business
• On the ‘Net
  • Facebook announces video for Instagram
  • Justin Beiber Gets wasted and tries the new Instagram vid
  • Only 9 Days Left! Get Your Google Reader Replacement:
    • Feedly Cloud is Now Available to All Users
    • Feedly Cloud Goes Live To Replace Google Reader’s Backend, Power New Web Version Of Feedly’s App
    • Digg Reader Update!
    • AOL is launching a Google Reader replacement: ‘All your favorite websites, in one place’
  • ‘Jobs’ movie trailer with Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs
• Steve’s Security Tim/Steve’s Privacy Tip of the Week: 
  • Onion Pi turns Raspberry Pi into Tor proxy and wireless access point
    • What is the anonymity network called Tor?
  • Use of Tor and e-mail crypto could increase chances that NSA keeps your data

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