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I think we are moving to a such world, albeit slowly. 3D printers are a movement in that direction, that ends with mini factories or replicators. Replicators
by Ygg2 13y ago
I think we are moving to a such world, albeit slowly.
3D printers are a movement in that direction, that ends with mini factories or replicators.
Replicators will be the death kneel of the factories.
- joeshevland 13y agoHaving read Alastair Reynold's stuff, I thought the idea of replicators was awesome. My current thinking is that 3d printers, if they master multiple materials, will kill off mundane manufacturing. I can't see it being a bad thing, albeit an industrial revolution style shift.
- icebraining 13y agoI find it hard to see them as a threat to industrial manufacturing. Is there anything that a 3D printer can produce for cheaper and/or creating less pollution, if we account for the shipping of raw materials to a person's house and give any value to his or her time assembling things?
- eddiedunn 13y ago"Death knell", please. While I see why one would confuse "knell" with "kneel", this is incorrect and the words have vastly different meanings. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_knell http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_knell http://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/knell http://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/knell
- Ygg2 13y agoGiven time, they'll mean the same. Like ironic meaning funnily or alot meaning lots of stuff. Funnily I thought it means a final blow, that breaks a back of something over the knee.