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I could be wrong but I do believe that RepRap was the first working self-replicating device after decades of theorizing on the topic. Sure it can be improved o
by evangineer 16y ago
I could be wrong but I do believe that RepRap was the first working self-replicating device after decades of theorizing on the topic.
Sure it can be improved on massively, but you must acknowledge that it is at least a step in the right direction.
- maxharris 16y agoIt's a step, alright, but how do you know that it's a step in the right direction? RepRap has not set very much of world on fire yet. When I can do more than print out more than a low-res plastic coathook, I'll get excited. How many years will it be before I can replace my car's crappy plastic door panel with a high-quality printed one? Will it ever happen? It doesn't seem like this will happen soon enough for me to hold out on buying a new car.
- Retric 16y agoNo, it's just a marketing gimmick. Most automated fabrication device can make parts for a copy of that same device, if given the spec's. The reality is the fact it's open source is what allows people to make copy's of them, not any capability of the device it's self.