What’s Italian, metallic, and has three arms?
If you guessed “a transformer Ferrari in its transitional stages of sexy car to tower sized robot, like a transgender betwixt top and bottom surgeries”… you… might be right. And I totally applaud you for thinking outside the box. But just for today, we’re going to go ahead acknowledge someone else who thought outside the box – by making life-sized boxes for the impoverished members of third world countries to call their new homes. While Bumblebee may not be responsible for this specific venture, WASP is. WASP, an Italian company, conjured up an epic, three dimensional, three armed printer capable of fashioning domiciles from mud.
Once erected, it’s pretty sturdy too.
It’s funny how A: I just said “erected” (and now you’re thinking of penises), and B: the power of technology can span such a vast spectrum of good and evil, depending on who’s doing what with it. This particular tale’s a beautiful one, obviously. Bringing people new homes using naught but the earth itself and a bit of wool? That’s some eco-Jesus-genius level stuff. Then there’s also the last story I heard about 3D printers – which had to do with printing guns from the comfort of your own home. (and the only reason big brotha doesn’t like that is because they can’t regulate our right to arms when a three armed printer’s cutting out all the middle shiz). I may sound like I have an opinion on what’s to be done about that – what with my sardonic tone and all – but I don’t. I mean, I do. But I won’t share it for now.
What I’m really more interested in, is the hypocrisy of “do as I say not as I do”.
’cause like, they’re allowed to print missiles ‘n stuff. And as this technology evolves, I do wonder: how many people – when a 3D created warhead from my country gets dropped on the 3D printed mud huts in whoever’s resources whatever country we’re at war with at that point while innocent civilians huddle together inside, and then 3D missiles from whoever we’ve vexed get deservedly launched back at us, and world war whatever breaks out – how many people after all’a that happens are going to finally acknowledge it?
That the robots have officially taken over? And that they all need to be impeached?
Espesh since the one that just took my delivery order failed horribly at doing its job?
Oh, well.
Good thing I can send a 3D complaint to the manager…
