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> 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
by 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.