There are only two ways of creating two perfect copies of a person: 3D printing and twins. 3D printing magician [Simon] the Sorcerer 3D-printerer uses his secret knowledge to create the perfect illusion: A 3D-printing-real-people prank.

You may have become skeptical about claims made by the marketing campaigns behind new 3D printers, but non-tech-savvy customers of department stores believe anything. [Simon] tells them he can scan a real person and 3D-print a life-sized copy in minutes. Moreover, the copy is almost indistinguishable from the original. It also responds to simple voice commands, walks around and does the robot.

The prank victims are reluctant to believe, but [Simon] isn’t shy to demonstrate his incredible machine by copying a shill member of the audience. Look closely, we didn’t even spoil actual copying mechanism. But can you also figure out how the well-built prop fakes the build process? Enjoy the show.

what do you mean by real people? cloning? or statues of existing and non existing people?

ok i would love to 3d print a bust of lady gaga

Yeah the bust….I’d like that too.

For a moment there, i thought i had opened buzzfeed… then i checked the title and said hackaday… wtf is up with this ‘article’?

The “3D Printer” in that video is a complete fake, it’s just a boxed in elevator to the floor above with some fancy mirrors and fake mechanics

Duh. That’s the joke.

Wow you’re very smart. Thank you for that.

WHAT?!? I feel so lied to!

That’s exactly what the 3-D Printed People want you to think…

Can confirm. http://hackaday.com/2016/06/29/3d-printed-zoetrope-sculpture-squashes-4-dimensions-into-3/

Why is this crap on HaD?

Maybe to start a conversation about…

Screw it, I agree with you. I’m not a fan of ‘fake pranks’.

As opposed to… “real pranks”?

yeah CLICKBAIT fuck this shit

I’m not sure 3D printing my girlfriend would be such a good idea. Twice as hard to keep secret from the wife.

Oh, please. Righty has known about Lefty at least since the first time you washed your hands.

L.O.L. funniest prank I’ve seen for long.

I assume that the “Audience” is in on the joke. There is an obvious mirror right behind the ‘Print head’ but there is about 5 feet of empty space above the printer, and there is no way someone could contort into that short of a space and still come out standing up. They conveniently don’t show the very top of the machine when someone is coming out until they are far enough down not to show.

I’ll agree it’s not-a-hack since its just a camera trick, and there isn’t anything even slightly interesting about it otherwise.

Ignore all of the commenters that have absolutely NO sense of humor, this was awesome!

Either everyone in the video is in on the “joke” or they are as dumb as butshit.

Because if they did it in US in average Walmart results would differ?

Yes, they’d ask “What is a 3D printer?”

Possibly a point, they might be all “Yew kin’t fool me, that thar is one a them tellyportaters like on they star trekking show with Dr Spock.”

That would be closest tech. I didnt see massive PLA rolls or immersive emulsifier tank or anything else that would provide mass needed. Was actually thinkin’ pre-formatted android blanks like Futurama. Not as classy as Trek replicator. But noooo just a gag.

They would bolt to the far supply isle and each grab a 25 cent pitchfork. Then they would charge at him yelling witch witch! Fortunately for him the cheaply made tines would fall off rather than puncture his skin. Not so lucky, he might need a tetanus shot if one of them touches him.

Is funny. Shows peoples misconceptions about 3D printing. So very sad too. 40GB file. Ha. Shows clueless gagsters. Tky for diversion.

Paper Jam result: http://www.ganymede.tv/wp-content/uploads/vlcsnap-2016-10-09-19h11m30s526.png

wait, what? i don’t remember that episode :\

Red Dwarf series 11 — now airing somewhere in the world, thus available on bittorrent everywhere. Do try to keep up.

This is pretty lame, a better one I saw recently there was a guy handing out nachos on the street and on the table there was a machine dispensing cheese and you could tell it was cheese because on the front there was a picture of a wheel of cheese, so anyway the victim takes some free nachos and goes to squirt some cheese on them but guess what actually a whole wheel of cheese falls out onto the nachos, just like the picture indicated it would! I couldn’t stop laughing.

Check this out: http://www.epa.eu/science-photos/applied-sciences-engineering-technology-general-photos/3d-robert-lewandowski-sculpture-photos-53028187

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