Ongqondongqondo abangu-148 baphelelwe amandla abo okusungula imikhumbi-mkhathi yesikhathi esizayo kule nyanga edlule. Ubani okufanele asolwe? I-Makerbot ne-GrabCAD. I-Makerbot Replicator 2 Design Challenge isanda kuqedwa e-GrabCAD futhi abawinile akhethiwe. Inselelo yayiwukwenza umklamo wezimoto zika-2040. Iningi lemingenelo iyimiklamo emihle kakhulu kanti eziyisithupha eziphezulu, sengathi, ZINHLE NJE. Ikakhulukazi ukungena endaweni yokuqala, I-ALPHA nguGrabCADr Omega, a “umkhumbi-mkhathi ondizayo wesikhathi esizayo [o]hlanganisa amajika amahle ne-hot exhaust ephindwe kathathu kanye neziphangi.” Futhi, isilungele ukuphrintwa. Yini ongayithandi ngalokho?
I-Hovership Ephrintiwe ye-3D
Akukhona nje ukuthi ukufakwa kuka-Omega okungu-10x ngaphezulu kweMinority Report-ish ukuthi umqondo kaJames Clyne's Hovership, futhi kuza kuhlolwe ngokuphelele ku-heatbed yephrinta ye-3D. U-Omega unikeze amafayela we-STEP wemodeli, kodwa futhi namafayela .STL ongawanikeza landa futhi uphrinte wena uqobo. Ungabona ekuhlolweni lapha ukuthi kuphenduka kube kuhle kwethu (kususe ukushoda kombala) futhi kuyingxoxo enhle kakhulu yedeskithophu yakho.
Ngiyayithanda incazelo yakhe…
Ngemuva kokuxazulula inkinga yamandla ngokuhlanganisa okubandayo, ngo-2039 ososayensi benza impumelelo emibili ebaluleke kakhulu ekugcinweni kwamandla nasekuqhubekiseni phambili. Uhlobo olusha lwe-capacitor enamandla amakhulu angu-1MWh/dm^3 luvele kuphrojekthi yebhiliyoni yamadola. Okwesibili, i-circular circular magnetoplasmadynamic thruster (cMPD) ethuthuke kakhulu ingene esigabeni esisebenzayo. Isebenza ngokusheshisa ama-athomu e-hydrogen kahle kakhulu cishe ijubane lokukhanya. Ngokunwetshwa kwesisindo esivumelanayo okwenzeka kuleso sivinini sezinhlayiyana, inani elincane kakhulu lomsebenzi okufanele lithwalwe emotweni. Ngo-2040 i-prototype (ukungena kwami) esebenzisa lobu buchwepheshe yakhiwa ngokubambisana neMakerbot Industries. Imiphumela yokuqala yendiza yehlula konke obekulindelwe. Kusukela lapho kwaba lula ukusuka phezulu nokundizela emkhathini. Imikhiqizo yabathengi yakamuva kuphela eyafika emakethe. Isiminyaminya sakhuphukela ngokushesha endaweni yesithathu futhi ngemva kweminyaka engamashumi amabili, imikhumbi emikhulukazi ethwala impahla ezimele yashiya umhlaba ilibangise ku-Mars ukuze iqalise i-terrafomation. …futhi kwaqala indawo entsha yesintu.
Yebo, umkhumbi wakhe ubukeka upholile futhi ungaphrintwa nge-3D, kodwa nginesiqiniseko sokuthi indaba imnqobile emncintiswaneni. Izingxenye nazo ziyatholakala nge into ehlukile ngemininingwane ethile ekwakheni encazelweni. Slick kakhulu. Lapho i-EvD Replicator 2 ifika, lokhu ngokuqinisekile kungenye yezinto zokuqala engifuna ukuziphrinta. Sihalalisela futhi kuMnuz Omega kanye nabanye abaphumelele izinselelo.



