What a lot of detractors miss about torrent repositories is how effective a means of sharing files they are, which is why this is sort of big news for the 3-D fabrication community. The biggest and best-organized site out there right now for these files is probably Thingiverse, which is great—it’s run by MakerBot Industries, the folks behind the MakerBot Replicator, which we awarded a PopSci Products of the Future award at this year’s CES. But it’s still a single-source site, and the Pirate Bay has the potential to host a huge number of torrents of these files and distribute them in a volume hardly anyone else could manage. The “Physibles” site is already live; at the time of writing, there are only seven files in it, including a plan to print out a 3-D version of the Pirate Bay ship logo. But the site is adamant about the importance of this technology: in a post, they wrote, “We believe that in the nearby future you will print your spare sparts for your vehicles. You will download your sneakers within 20 years.” And we agree! Pirate Bay Starts Offering Tangible 3-D Objects For Download | Popular Science

What a lot of detractors miss about torrent repositories is how effective a means of sharing files they are, which is why this is sort of big news for the 3-D fabrication community. The biggest and best-organized site out there right now for these files is probably Thingiverse, which is great—it’s run by MakerBot Industries, the folks behind the MakerBot Replicator, which we awarded a PopSci Products of the Future award at this year’s CES. But it’s still a single-source site, and the Pirate Bay has the potential to host a huge number of torrents of these files and distribute them in a volume hardly anyone else could manage.

The “Physibles” site is already live; at the time of writing, there are only seven files in it, including a plan to print out a 3-D version of the Pirate Bay ship logo. But the site is adamant about the importance of this technology: in a post, they wrote, “We believe that in the nearby future you will print your spare sparts for your vehicles. You will download your sneakers within 20 years.” And we agree!

Pirate Bay Starts Offering Tangible 3-D Objects For Download | Popular Science

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