d. printed this model and that was very routine for design firms to three d. print. at this level at this scale what was unusual is that we three d. printed the full scale body wow now i have to ask how difficult was it to design the car for three d. printing. not not difficult at all actually it's just a matter of scale what was unusual is that we made the these body panels the same computer files that made the model made the large body parts it just took a lot longer and it was unusual at that time to do parts this big what we're doing with thirty two is kind of unique because they're there we're designing just for three d. printers and trying to use them as production parts as the part finished parts that go on the car and that's called additive manufacturing and that's gaining some favor in the industry now is this street legal. the orange car is not street legal because it's a first prototype and we have had it on our sanctioned racetrack or with insurance and all that but the second car though which will be white irby two will be completely street legal i i did

d. printing technology is not yet available and using a three d. printer to replicate plastic guns may not be the only battle at hand this is a practice that can also be used to print metal guns artie's marine up port ny i got an inside look at a shooting range in austin texas where gun enthusiasts have access to the world's first three d. printed metal gun. red's shooting range in austin texas is normally packed with gun enthuses. today the difference is that these men are firing rounds with a do it yourself firearm the world's first three d. printed metal gun we wanted to showcase the abilities of what direct metal can do eric much later is a project ford major at solid concepts a company specializing in three d. printing here in prince arena archie was granted an exclusive tour of their austin facility which boasts ten three d. industrial printers and a glimpse of our technological future these are all the three d. printed parts that went into making this bar after getting a federal firearms license the company used a process called direct metal

d. printing game prints or in the arts he was granted an exclusive tour of their austin facility which boasts ten three d. industrial printers and a glimpse of our technological future these are all the three d. printed parts that went into making this car after getting a federal firearms license the company used a process called direct metal laser centering to produce this browning nine hundred eleven pistol the three d. printed in metal gun has fired over one thousand rounds in the meantime solid concepts has manufactured its second nineteen eleven firearm solid concepts insists the stainless steel firearm they've introduced to the world can't be replicated by hobbyists these machines start at six hundred thousand and go up to a million dollars they need to be in industrial environments they require more electricity than is available in residential areas and it will be years before metal printers become available on the consumer market not exactly the world's first mini metal maker has already been created and with laser centering patents set to expire in february it's predicted that metal

the dirtiest algon a fully functional metal called me of the world's most iconic pistoles printed with three d. technology it's about twenty five to thirty five hours depending on the machine we put it on and what materials were roman. and we made the engineers a printed three d. firearms to find out whether the promising to kill a tree is actually cause for alarm. the latest news on the week's top stories you will change the weekly hero announcing to national with me. hello and welcome to the program processes in the ukraine. to breach police lines around the presidential administration building hundreds of thousands of demonstrators have turned out despite a month long bond on rallying in the city center there are reports of a bulldozer being used against the ranks of police protesters have already broken into the city administration building and right now we have our correspondent in the ukrainian capital alex a good high that looks a so what's going on there right now. well know things are happening in here right now are nothing short of extraordinary clearly the biggest protests we've see

the market is looking for cheaper way of 3-d printing. is this the future of manufacturing? have one of the 3-d printers here on set to speak a little more on this product, is tex expert shelly palmer. we have a nice cup. >> nice cup. melissa: it is lovely. we have a 3-d printer that was working and it stopped. is it typical. >> no. melissa: we're just technologically unsavvy. >> look. 3-d printing has been around for quite some time. consumer based 3-d print something relatively new. probably most popular version is makerbot. they're here in new york. they make a $2,000 3-d printer that is awesome and to use. -@they make a 3-d scanner that shoots lasers and makes the file the printer reads and you can print. what is important about 3-d printing technology has nothing to do with this cup although this is pretty fun to have and hold. usually they do yoda heads but this will do. melissa: this is more functional than a yoda head. >> not really. melissa: i don't have a yoda body. i can drink out of that. >> you're absolutely right. see the ridges, little ridges? this is low reso

sound all the dirtiest garden a fully functional metal copy of the world's most iconic pistol printed with three d. technology it struck twenty four hours depending on the machine we put it on and what materials were. so were made the engineers of printed three d. firearms to find out whether the promising to kill a tree is a cause for alarm. the latest news on the week's top stories you're watching the weekly international with me you know thanks for joining us. and hundreds of thousands of protesters have gathered in the ukrainian capital of supply. the area demonstrators have turned out despite a month long bond on riling in the city center and all season it's a hash of skase here and joins me now now with more on how that looks a so what's going that way you are. what's happening right now in key if is nothing short of extraordinary hundreds of thousands of people are now in the streets and raged by the friday nights of violent dispersal of a peaceful protest at the independence square the protest which was initially about the government refusing to sign the free trade zone with the european u

you send that to the 3-d printing specialist in your area. d it prints out your tesla car, literally. you put all three guys together, i think there's a reason the valuations are higher. there is high expectations on what these guys can actually accomplish. i think all three are in their very little infancy of what they can do going forward in the future. >> way too optimistic, i have to say. >> two of these are like each other. and then one is very different. i don't think that anybody doubts that in ten years, most people will have a 3-d printer in their home. most people will probably have some sort of electric car in their home. that means that 3-d printing and tesla might do very well. twitter, on the other hand, is an entirely different thing. nobody needs it. it's a neat little service, but they don't know how they will make money. so i think that the craziest one, at least right now, is twitter. now, interestingly, all of these, all three of these names saw more calls than puts today. that includes twitter. even though twitter option v

d. printing game prints are in the arts he was granted an exclusive tour of their austin facility which boasts ten three d. industrial printers and a glimpse of our technological future these are all the three d. printed parts that went into making this car after getting a federal firearms license the company used a process called direct metal laser centering to produce this browning nine hundred eleven pistol with three d. printing and metal gun has fired over one thousand rounds in the meantime solid concepts has manufactured its second nineteen eleven firearm solid concepts insists the stainless steel firearm they've introduced to the world can't be replicated by hobbyists these machines start at six hundred thousand and go up to a million dollars they need to be in industrial environments they require more electricity than is available in residential areas and it will be years before metal printers become available on the consumer market not exactly the world's first mini metal maker has already been created and with laser centering patents set to expire in february it's predicted th

the prices of 3-d printing will grammatically -- dramatically. time, they will be able to do more of them. there has been a prototype. the possibility is you can have many more of them in the not- too-distant future. >> i feel like the level of 3-d printing companies has gotten so ridiculous. it is like fruit loops are more exciting when they are hyper loops. is more exciting when it is 3-d printing. they are kind of crazy. stratus is at 4 billion. at 6 million. the company i look at, they have a $44 million market cap. they have three full-time employees and a market cap. it seems like there is so much excitement that is not there. >> what is interesting about this business is it has been lumped in with other technology companies. they are building software, which is so much easier to scale. 3-d printing is going to move slower than other things in parallel. >> thanks. nick thompson. thanks. maynard webb joins us for "office hours" coming up. ♪ >> this is "bloomberg west," where our focus is on technology and the future of business. i'm emily ch

d. printing firearms to take any shape. it's a very universal kind of technology that can be used in lots of different ways some some good some not so good but it is alarming that people have started printing guns i would say the most dangerous thing is let's say a gun that doesn't look like a gun but looks like the flower vase or something else and so that is this ability to make things in any shape and for really defies a lot of the conventional thinking around regulating guns around detecting them and so forth and i think that's sort of it's a whole new world when it comes to controlling these kinds of things a new countdown just started for russia as a lympics city of sochi in one hundred days the winter power olympic games begin there one of russia's medal hopefuls is the sled hockey team which is competing for the very first time artie's lucy catherine of joined in them in training. i copied as it should be intense fierce determined and. like you it still hockey just with two sticks one in each hand with extra risks.

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d. printing is making enormous strides. visit one company that specializes in creating three d. guns some experts say it won't be long before you can do it yourself. rhett's shooting range in austin texas is normally packed with gun enthusiasts today the difference is that these men are firing rounds with a do it yourself firearm the world's first three d. printed metal gun we wanted to showcase the abilities of what direct metal can do. eric much later is a project coordinator at solid concepts company specializing in three d. printing here in prince arena archie was granted an exclusive tour of their austin facility which boasts ten three d. industrial printers and a glimpse of our technological future these are all the three d. printed parts that went into making this car after getting a federal firearms license the company used a process called direct metal laser centering to produce this browning nine hundred eleven pistol the three d. printed in metal gone has fired over one thousand rounds in the meantime solid concepts has manufactured its second nineteen eleven firearm

d. printing makes enormous strides. visited a company that specializes in creating three d. guns some experts say it won't be long before you can do it all yourself. rhett's shooting range in austin texas is normally packed with gun enthusiasm. today the difference is that he's firing rounds with a do it yourself firearm the world's first three d. printed metal gun we wanted to showcase the abilities of what direct metal can do and what a better way than find something that can withstand a bunch of heat tolerance accuracy all wrapped into one which in america everybody knows which is a par. eric much later is a project coordinator at solid concepts company specializing in three d. printing here in prince arena our t. was granted an exclusive tour of their austin facility which boasts ten three d. industrial printers and a glimpse of our technological future these are all the three d. printed parts that went into making this car after getting a federal firearms license the company used a process called direct metal laser centering to produce this browning nine hundred eleven

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ge actually 3-d printed them and sent them out as gifts.re was a global community that went on and ge sent them 3- d printed gifts for the holidays. >> on the distribution side, they are like, what is this cool company going to come out with that we can sell? >> we are partners with home depot, best buy, target, bed bath and beyond, the container store. >> you have actually raised $150 million in vc funding. what are you doing with the money? >> we are doing our best to make inventing more accessible. we are continually raising the bar and the types of products we are doing. we have relatively simple things like cord management. now intelligent electronics. we are partnering with ge and leveraging a lot of those scales. >> what is the best part of partnership with ge? >> we have global research centers that have been around 100 years. pair that with people at home who can figure out how to use these technologies for consumer goods. it is absolutely amazing. >> the founder and ceo of quirky. that does it for "money moves weekend." if you mis

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d. printing. people can make custom watches, all kinds of life saving devices, students at medical schools can prototype medical equipment. and really rapid order. so it is quite revolutionary, but the privacy is brand new. >> jake, thank you very much. >> now all this comes days before the anniversary of the deadly mass shooting at sandy hook elementary school. families have banded together. the website shows along with charities related to the victim, the families say they will light a candle on saturday. now to the memorial for south africa greatest son. where in just a few hours a goaf flow crowd is expected to honor nelson mandela, it is the same stadium where the former president made his appearance three years ago. the arena has seats for 95,000 people and president obama is one of those scheduled to speak. he and the first lady left washington this morning headed to that event, traveling with them, a former president george w bush, and wyatt laura, meanwhile, one of the mandela's daughters

d. printing technology is not yet widely available. and using a three d. printer to replicate plastic guns may not be the only battle at hand this practice can also be used to print metal guns artie's marina port ny i got an inside look at a shooting range in austin texas where gun enthusiasts have access to the world's first three d. printed metal gun. red's shooting range in austin texas is normally packed with gun enthuses. today the difference is that he's men are firing rounds with a do it yourself firearm the world's first three d. printed metal gun we wanted to showcase the abilities of what direct metal can do eric much later is a project ford major at solid concepts a company specializing in three d. printing hearing prince and i r t was granted an exclusive tour of their austin facility which boasts ten three d. industrial printers and a glimpse of our technological future these are all the three d. printed parts that went into making this car after getting a federal firearms license the company used a process called direct metal laser centering t

you send that to the 3-d printing specialist in your area. your tesla car, literally. you put all three guys together, i think there's a reason the valuations are higher. there is high expectations on what these guys can actually accomplish. i think all three are in their very little infancy of what they can do going forward in the future. >> way too optimistic, i have to say. >> two of these are like each other. and then one is very different. i don't think that anybody doubts that in ten years, most people will have a 3-d printer in their home. most people will probably have some sort of electric car in their home. that means that 3-d printing and tesla might do very well. twitter on the other hand is an entirely different thing. nobody needs it. it's a neat little service, but they don't know how they will make money. so i think that the craziest one, at least right now is twitter. now, interestingly, all of these, all three of these names saw more calls than puts today. that includes twitter. even though twitter option volume in total was

. >> you have heard about the new 3-d printing that let's you print things right at home. the team of engineers have developed a 3-d printer that could dispense human skin to hepburn victims. an engineer successfully built a 3-d printed car. >> wonderful except 3-d printing upsets the people if you can print a car you can print a gun. in texas tony wilson did just that. he called his printed gun the liberat liberateor. kennedy went to visit him. >> this is the functional liberate tore without a barrel and without a firing pin. when you pull the trigger the hammer strikes. >> there it is. that is the 3-d printed gun assembled before our very eyes. >> can i shoot it? >> yeah, let's do it. >> i am going to back off. you pull the trigger when you feel like it. >> 3, 2, 1. >> it didn't work? >> it did not work. it felt like a bad april fool's joke. >> why are you holding the gun in such a strange way. >> funny you say that. my gun wbrother was a gun instr. he would kill me. that gun is so unstable he told me to hold it as far away from my face and body as possible so the nail d

talent in technology and my interest in business and design are really the perfect match for three d printingt's a rivenlth you can size it. >> jewelry is just the start. people are coming to printout snowflakes. >> you can take one and modify it. >> these are gecko printed snowflakes oochl there is a case of other ideas. >> like a tank. >> so cute. >> some start with an idea. this is a scanner. >> you can edit the things you scan. >> very, very detailed qualities of the nose. >> you can give me a nose job? >> we can. >> they teach classes here. >> i can print this. >> one dad wants to let his kids design what toys they want. >> printers are mesmerizing it's about the link between dreams and reality. >> to make sure ideas just don't sit in brains forever. >> coming up a hunt for lost art of tinkering. >> and a movement helping to >>> a hot trend has been a maker movement. with an avalanche of computers to help anyone create almost anything. and now, led by a couple whose latest project has a twist on a relic from the past. a book. >> this is featuring artists not afraid to take chances and ge

. >> you have these 3-d printing results? the first 3-d and lots of people with designs and products. ge 3-d printed them and set them out as gifts. there are nine other people that themned gifts and ge sent 3-d printed gifts for the holidays. >> who are the biggest retailers? i imagine on the distribution side, they ask what the school company is going to come out with that we can sell? >> we are partners with home depot, best buy, target, container store. >> you have raised something like $150 million in fundi? >> go with that. we're doing our best to make invention more accessible. we started with a simple mission statement to make sure that the best product ideas in the world ship. we started out doing relatively simple things like management products. we partner with ge and leverage a lot of their skills i do compelling products. they don't have to reinvent the wheel. the pair that with people at home that can figure out how to use these technologies for consumer goods is absolutely amazing. bring us mored things. it ben

still ahead, the senate takes up a classic gun ban. 3-d printed guns are coming under fire, but is feararranted? that is next. ♪ >> the digital currency bitcoin has been soaring in value this year, gaining 8000%. it was worth more than gold, but are we in a bitcoin bubble? >> you have to stretch your imagination to infer what the intrinsic value of bitcoin is. i haven't been able to do it. you ask me is this a bubble. yes, it is a bubble. >> last month and bernanke told congress virtual currencies like it's going may have long-term promise. the republican-led house passed a bill renewing the ban on plastic guns just days before it expires. the senate still has to take up the measure. the debate has put 3-d printers at the center of the controversy. >> there has been a lot of talk about how it is easy to make a plastic reedy printer. there are questions, like how expensive is it. it is always good to see you. what do you make of this story? >> this is the most dangerous thing. it can do all kinds of things. the thing we need to understand, unfortunately the thing it is becoming associate

talent in technology and my interest in business and design are really the perfect match for three d printing. >> it's a rivenlth you can size it. >> jewelry is just the start. people are coming to printout snowflakes. >> you can take one and modify it. >> these are gecko printed snowflakes oochl there is a case of other ideas. >> like a tank. >> so cute. >> some start with is a scanner. >> you can edit the things you scan. >> very, very detailed qualities of the nose. >> you can give me a nose job? >> we can. >> they teach classes here. >> i can print this. >> one dad wants to let his kids design what toys they want. >> printers are mesmerizing it's about the link between dreams and reality. >> to make sure ideas just don't sit in brains forever. >> coming up a hunt for lost art of tinkering. of tinkering. >> andfa... desk... you know what? yogurt.n't you go get some frozen yogurt. i got this. you're so sweet. you got this, right? i do got this. from the shelf, and to your home. starting at $99. ... desk... you know what? yogurt.n't you go get some frozen yogurt. i got this. you're so sweet.

3-d systems and 3-d printing has been around for 25 years.ll continue to grow, and continue to be around. it typically trades one to two times revenue, not 14 to 15. so i do think valuation is relevant when looking forward. and, look, i'm not -- i didn't even mention the consumer business. the consumer business is a joke, and it's going to miss. so i hope it's not part of your expectations, because you should look at the reviews on amazon or staple, because there are three people who bought one, and i'm one of them. so anyway. >> josh brown, thank you for calling in. before you go real quick, i know the music is playing, how does a short seller view a twitter or facebook right here and right now? >> you know, we've -- in our balance fund -- tended to be long both those stocks. >> today? >> we're not involved. we try not to short the leaders, right? in the case of 3-d printing, i'm not sure i give ddd systems a great company, because its business model isn't sustainable. but facebook and twitter, facebook will be around for a long time. >> gre

d. replicators equipped enough to print metal guns can carry a price tag ranging from six hundred thousand to one million dollars but last week michigan technological university announced it had developed a new low cost three d. metal printer totaling fifteen hundred dollars this shift to three d. printers mimics the technological transition we saw happen years ago when the single bullet rifle evolved into the high powered semiautomatic so the question on the minds of many people is how do you regulate a technology that's only becoming cheaper and more accessible by the day in washington david r.t. . and now we move on to news of the national defense authorization act also known as the n.b.a. it passed in the house where it had overwhelming support with three hundred fifty yes votes and sixty nine knows the senate will take up the bill next week before its december twentieth deadline the n.b.a. is the major funding measure for the united states military the twenty fourteen bill will authorize five hundred and fifty two billion dollars in national defense spending and nearly eighty one bill

we're talking solar stocks, 3-d printing and apple. apple was a laggard today. >> i didn't think it would get through 550. we said yesterday, when it printed up the 575, 580 level, that was another number we expect to pull back to 550. we had the conversation last night. i'm not making a big move out of the apple deal today. but i think we need to retest that 550 level we exploded $30 off of the other day. >> we talked about last night. to me there was people in the know here. this is a company, largest market cap company in the world in the last ten trading days gained 10%, that's $50 billion in market cap. do you know how few companies in the world have $50 billion market caps? people knew it and sold on the news. >> a lot of momentum names, look at 3-d printing, up 16%. from november basically 19th. so a lot have run up, guys are trying to make it where the market -- >> the point is, is there a rotation going on? >> people are picking stocks, apple was a stock -- >> big gainers. >> but you're asking me why apple was not performing to

. >> three deep printing is popular but you don't have to spend thousands on 3-d printing? ndhe 3-d which allows you to draw and three date. that in three day. this is a prototype. over $2 million to support this product and this is one of the first couple of thousand. it is not plugged in but i was doodling before the break. it is like a glue gun. it's great to teach kids about what 3-d printing is. it can take your imagination and bring it to life and you can use these different colors. it comes right out. >> you have so many more gift ideas on your website so check it out, thank you for stopping helping us procrastinators get our shopping done. we will be right back. ♪ >> welcome back. coming up in the late edition of nfl saysg west," the oppose an fccly proposal to end the broadcast blackouts of games that do not sell out at the stadium. we asked the former oakland raiders ceo why the football league is fighting the change at 3 p.m. pacific and 6 p.m. eastern. beis time for bloomberg to back "on the markets." >> let's look at where stocks are trading. an dow is trading i

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john: you have heard about 3-d printing letting you create all kinds of things that homelike remarkableings. >> a team of engineers have developed a 3-d printer to dispense human skin to help burn victims and one successfully build a car. john: wonderful except it upsets some people than you can print jay diamond and cody did just that he calls it the liberator special correspondent kennedy went to visit him. >> this is the functional liberator without a barrel and without a firing pin when you pull the trigger the hammer strikes. >> that is the 3-d printed, and. can i shoot it? is a safe? >> i will back off you pull the trigger when you feel like it. >> three, two, one. john: it did not work? >> did not. john: why you hold that in such a strange way? >> my brother would vomit if he was watching there is a nail in the back of the firing pin he said a whole that as far away from my body and face could go into my eye. >> he was backing off. >> but they have worked in the past they have nine shots off. >> that is the most he has ever had you don't get a lot of paying for your buck. john: i