Discontinued part? Be like Jay Leno and print your own.

Perhaps the hottest frontier that is just emerging in the tech world, especially in regards to printers is that of 3D printers. While such crazy things many years ago were nothing more than a dream by the geeky few, printing 3D objects has finally become a reality. Jay Leno, renowned car geek and apparently geeky geek had a certain part on one of his collectible cars break. Unfortunately for him, the part was no longer made in any form anywhere on the planet. Determined to drive that work of art another day, Jay set out on a new mission: making his own part via a 3D printer. All it takes is a NextEngine 3D Scanner scanning objects at 160,00 dots per inch (20 minutes) and a Dimension 3D Printer. With that plastic mold, he then creates the same part out of metal. Techy hugh?! Lucky for those of you who crave to learn more, Popular Mechanics had a little talk with Jay in which he outlines his car repairing, technology aided habits. Spend a few minutes and give the article a read. We are only at the beginning of the 3D printer’s potential. Excited?

Source: Gizmodo