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This is all very theoretical, but makes no sense in reality. This guy should take a look at the complexity in manufacturing for instance an image sensor, and th
by wlievens 14y ago
This is all very theoretical, but makes no sense in reality. This guy should take a look at the complexity in manufacturing for instance an image sensor, and then think twice about his "universal maker".
- cbennett 14y agohaha, very much agree agree. his initial arguments about a 'universal printer' diluting the market in time seem to hold more water in the realm of hypothetical machines than real ones (for some reason the mental image of self-replicating Universal Turing Machines with a printing functionality came to mind :P) in reality, there a number of principles in the realm of material physics that might constrain a machine simply 'printing itself'. In the near and medium terms, 3D printers that transform 3D CAD renderings into smaller objects will command a real market niche. In the long term, we will be talking about molecular fabrication (matter compilers a la "Diamond Age")-- but that is a whole other ball game :p
- wlievens 14y agoYes indeed. I work in the image sensor business (writing test software) and it surprises me when I hear that it's often times next to impossible for a sensor design to be reliably produced in another fab.