Color me skeptical. The scanner part is what really set off my "bullshit" alarm. No way that can get data on the internal portion of the screw mechanism. I can see using a 3D CAD data base to make something rudimentary (say a cup or spoon) that is semi-functional, but I can't accept this on face value. We wont even go into the material properties. Call Jamie and Adam on this one.
Wondered about the internals also. Watched the wrench adjustments and they didn't show anywhere near full opening and closing of the jaws...maybe one rotations worth of adjustment...which is what you would get with a surface scan....
However, some of the models with multiple gears where said to come from the machine fully assembled with moving parts...so maybe they do have some type of x-ray scanning...
I also wondered about material properties. All they showed was being able to specify color. Nothing about hardness or different materials for different parts.
I don't think it is a hoax, just a technology that is in it's infancy, but still impressive.
This type of tech along with Nanotechnology will change the way we live...and how long.
They are saying that the middle aged among us might be able to live to 150 and that is is likely that the first human to live to 1000 might be born any day.
Nanotech works at the atomic and molecular level, allowing, for instance, for a pile of lead to be changed to a stack of gold. True alchemy.
If it works as predicted, it will end aging by being able to repair faulty DNA strings allowing cell reproduction without deterioration. Diseased cells can be repaired....perhaps even quick enough to forestall fatal radiation sickness.