When China’s prodigious tech influencer, Naomi Wu, found herself silenced, it wasn’t just the machinery of a surveillance state at play. Instead, it was a confluence of state repression and the sometimes capricious attention of a Western audience that, as she asserts, often views Chinese activists more as ideological tokens than as genuine human beings.
Given how much the CCP controls China, you’re always a bit suspicious that any cool content from there is actually state-sponsored (TikTok seems to have a lot of channels like that). That was the first impression I got from the first video I saw of sexycyborg and I’m sure that a lot people dismissed her for similar reasons. But if you learn about her story, it all seems legit and she’s a very inspiring hacker.
She developed a new form of 3D printer for printing extremely long objects.
The printer can effectively print a chain forever if given enough filament, as it prints at a 45 degree angle on a belt.
Good for cosplay swords, poles, staffs, belts, lamp posts, other long and hard things.
giggity
Combine that with the multi filament feature of Bamboo printers(IIRC), and hot swappable spools, and you can literally print until something else in the system breaks.
There are replacements for other parts too, like the diamond tip that’s supposed to be really durable.
You are talking about that conveyor belt printer from creality? I didn’t know it was her
She made the prototype and collaborated with them, so the story goes.
TikTok shows you what you encourage it to show you.
I’ve never seen any CCP prop, likely because I either say “not interested” or quickly scroll away from anything that is that kinda shit