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On the next episode of Primitive Technology. On a more serious note, IT MIGHT be doable for a 20-ish DIYers with current technology and some resources. Setting
by Keyframe 8y ago
On the next episode of Primitive Technology. On a more serious note, IT MIGHT be doable for a 20-ish DIYers with current technology and some resources. Setting a limitation, of course, to not have them use any of the PCB workshops or foundries. PCBs are doable at home, ICs still aren't-ish. I expect a revolution on home-made ICs in the next few decades.
- narrator 8y agoICs need very difficult to handle chemicals like hydrofluroric acid to manufacture though. That kind of stuff will never be DIY.
- gnode 8y agoFrom the premise of the question on SO: > For convenience, we assume that the humans would not age or die during their participation in this experiment. Not dying will come in very handy when handling the chemicals.
- qbrass 8y agoThey'll realize not dying or aging is more useful than running Windows 1.0 and drag out the process forever.
- Keyframe 8y agoYes, but two things := DIYers on another level, not 'lemme watch some youtube tutorials, I can build this in a weekend' and second thing - alternative methods might be developed in the (near) future. To do what is proposed here (and for a bunch of other goodies) you would be able to do A LOT of things on a micron level. It would be a great start and a revolution of sorts.
- philipkglass 8y agoI have distilled HF out of powdered fluorspar and sulfuric acid in a home lab, from a lead tube I rolled out of sheet. I was borrowing steps described in an industrial chemistry encyclopedia from the 1860s. (All I did with it was conclusively etch/dissolve the glass receiving vessel. I didn’t have a proper receiver made of lead or paraffin-coated glass.) This sort of thing is admittedly quite hazardous. But if you look at older chemistry publications, you might be surprised what is possible with relatively crude equipment.
- rasz 8y agoIt takes one DIYer about 2-3 months to build CPU from scratch today. BMOW, Gigatron, Magic, a handful of 74 series TTL chips and some dedication is all you need.