Tesla Motors and SpaceX founder Elon Musk is wealthy, extremely tech-savvy and crazy about innovation, which has often drawn comparisons to Marvel's fictional character Iron Man.
Now, Musk has announced, via Twitter, that his team has built a system that allows one to design rocket parts with "hand movements through the air" and immediately print them in titanium.
"Like in Iron Man?" -- asked producer of the "Iron Man" movies, Jon Favreuau.
"Yup. We saw it in the movie and made it real. Good idea!" -- replied Musk.
Will post video next week of designing a rocket part with hand gestures & then immediately printing it in titanium— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 23, 2013
We figured out how to design rocket parts just w hand movements through the air (seriously). Now need a high frame rate holograph generator.— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 23, 2013
@Jon_Favreau Yup. We saw it in the movie and made it real. Good idea!— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 24, 2013
Not being one that hides his ideas from the world, Musk has readily announced he would post a video of the system next week. Who knows what he'll be working on in the meantime -- maybe a powered flying armor?