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Neil Greshenfeld of MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms was recently on the Lex Friedman podcast to talk about self-assembling robots, FabLabs, and the future of la
by r3trohack3r 3y ago
Neil Greshenfeld of MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms was recently on the Lex Friedman podcast to talk about self-assembling robots, FabLabs, and the future of last mile manufacturing.
It's very close to what you're talking about here. Breaking the material/tech of civilization down into a small number (double digits) of building blocks that can bootstrap a process of converting the building blocks into assemblers of assemblers for manufacturing.
It is a fascinating listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDjOS0VHEr4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDjOS0VHEr4