Japanese slave pen: Laws urged to regulate illicit 3D printer use

The arrest of a man who possessed plastic handguns allegedly manufactured with a 3D printer has sent shockwaves through Japanese society.

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The spread of 3D printing technology, which can be used to manufacture almost anything based on three-dimensional data, is said to be triggering not only a 21st-century industrial revolution, but also a "revolution of crime."

Observers say authorities should discuss measures to prevent abuse of such technology even while taking full advantage of its uses.

Kanagawa prefectural police searched the house of Yoshitomo Imura, a 28-year-old employee of Shonan Institute of Technology, on suspicion of violating the Swords and Firearms Control Law. Police confiscated five homemade guns in the search and concluded that two of them possessed a lethal power five times the legal limit, capable of firing a bullet that could penetrate more than 10 plywood boards.

http://www.smh.com.au/world/laws-urged-to-regulate-illicit-3d-printer-use-20140617-zsa36.html

Japanese slave pen: Laws urged to regulate illicit 3D printer use

Japanese slave pen: Laws urged to regulate illicit 3D printer use

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