New Zealand customs believe we'll all soon be 3d printing gold, gems, drugs in our living rooms

in security on 2014-02-27 04:05 (#2TV)

In a bid to outdo the TSA on stupidity, New Zealand customs has released a report stating they believe that next on the printing list is gold, gems and drugs, how are they going to protect NZ's borders from nefarious tech-heads bringing 3d object files through customs? I guess they forgot email exists.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/9768343/Printers-capable-of-making-guns

Earl gray tea. Hot. (Score: 1)

by bryan@pipedot.org on 2014-02-27 18:46 (#7K)

Not quite there yet.

Re: Earl gray tea. Hot. (Score: 1)

by eviljim@pipedot.org on 2014-02-27 22:26 (#7N)

you need to ask the right questions: what sort of plastic do I need to put in to get cocaine with gold sprinkles out?

Think I'd rather print printers so it's printers all the way down (Score: 2, Funny)

by tempest@pipedot.org on 2014-02-27 19:09 (#7M)

The nice thing about a printer that creates gold is the quick ROI. Beat that HP!