If it uses the police algorithm to determine gunness it’ll just refuse to print anything.
If it just stops things that “look” like a gun then printable guns will evolve in shape to conceal their properties making them potentially even more dangerous because people won’t be able to recognize them for what they are.
Where will this logic live? On the main board? What if I swap my main board out for some random SBC with code I wrote myself? On the motor driver? I don’t pass G-Code to the motor driver you really gonna inspect the momentary electric pulses for a series of motors to determine if the result is vaguely gun shaped? What if I print in parts?
Considering the massive modding community around Nerf guns in 3D printing circles I wouldn’t be surprised if any of the safety monitoring for guns goes off and potentially reports people for fucking with toy guns
If it uses the police algorithm to determine gunness it’ll just refuse to print anything.
If it just stops things that “look” like a gun then printable guns will evolve in shape to conceal their properties making them potentially even more dangerous because people won’t be able to recognize them for what they are.
Where will this logic live? On the main board? What if I swap my main board out for some random SBC with code I wrote myself? On the motor driver? I don’t pass G-Code to the motor driver you really gonna inspect the momentary electric pulses for a series of motors to determine if the result is vaguely gun shaped? What if I print in parts?
Considering the massive modding community around Nerf guns in 3D printing circles I wouldn’t be surprised if any of the safety monitoring for guns goes off and potentially reports people for fucking with toy guns