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Isn't that what reprap is supposed to evolve into? Watching people try to enforce IP rules on physical fabrication ought to be entertaining.
by olefoo 18y ago
Isn't that what reprap is supposed to evolve into?
Watching people try to enforce IP rules on physical fabrication ought to be entertaining.
- ph0rque 18y ago> Isn't that what reprap is supposed to evolve into? Yup... but I don't know if reprap will be able to provide electronic parts on par with current ones in the next 5 years. An open-design factory (that takes up a building) is feasible right now, however.
- troystribling 18y agoI heard a recent podcast in which the inventor of reprap was interviewed http://www.thefutureandyou.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=381248 http://www.thefutureandyou.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=3812.... In the interview he said that in a new version, to be released next year, it will be possible to lay down strips of a conductor within plastic materials to make circuit boards.
- ph0rque 18y agoYup, even better, they've been trying to print motors (with magnetic components). But I still think we're ~5 years away from printing a consumer electronics device. I'd love to be proven wrong, though.