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- geekchic, on 01/08/2008, -0/+73Where's SG1 when we need them?
- rabidmonkey1, on 01/08/2008, -4/+58God save us all...
- moisie, on 01/08/2008, -2/+41This is the beginning of the end. We're all doomed.
- jeuhrn, on 01/08/2008, -2/+32As a production mechanic, rapid prototyping/3D printing really tickles my sweet tooth, but until it does aluminium it's really not that interesting from an industry perspective, and I think that will trigger widespread usage long before poor 3rd world citizens will get their hands on this.
I've been nagging the hell out of my employer to get a 3D printer though, my cellphone would look different and my 360 would have a new faceplate every week. Also I could make chocolate *****. - Stonekeeper, on 01/08/2008, -1/+30you got yer films mixed up
- digitaloxygen, on 01/08/2008, -10/+37I for one welcome our new self-replicating overlords
- evantravers, on 04/03/2009, -5/+28And skynet is that much closer to completion. I'm going to go to Zion now.
- FlyCO, on 01/08/2008, -0/+21Don't worry fellow diggers, the Three Robotic Laws will keep humanity safe
I just hope those work for printers as well - brentinkc, on 01/08/2008, -1/+19The new RepRap from Cyberdyne Systems
- vmos, on 01/08/2008, -1/+19well, building a machine that can make parts for itself isn't such a bad idea, as long as we don't build machines that can assemble those parts
oh, hang on a second.......
where's my bunker? - BrandonWicks, on 01/08/2008, -1/+17Indeed.
- Aticper, on 01/08/2008, -0/+14Exactly. It's not commercially viable, but it will succeed for precisely the same reason.
Interesting paradox, isn't it? - MrTonic, on 01/08/2008, -0/+13This is awesome thing. One day, they will be able to print electronics, different strength of materials, organics etc. Think about it.. every object could be assembled straight there where it is needed. Virtually no costs. This is not a bad thing, this is one step toward freedom. Intelligence, wisdom and knowledge of how to use and build / design / operate tools / materials would be only thing that class us. Not the money we own. With this kind of technology we could kill poverty, hunger, diseases and over population (with increased amount of education and tools). This is same thing to material world that printing press was to literature.
These kind of things are the tools to save us. Hopefully they get it done before its too late. - FlyCO, on 01/08/2008, -1/+13dugg you for the "chocolate *****" idea
- roflcopterdown, on 01/08/2008, -0/+10The TV show doesn't exist? What have I been watching all of these years?
- Heiliger, on 01/08/2008, -2/+12----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Do you want to spark the downfall of the human race
at the hands of cold, emotionless robot overlords?
-CANCEL- -PRINT-
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Ymeg, on 01/08/2008, -0/+10What has science done?
- mercano, on 01/08/2008, -3/+13You are a lie!
You are a lie!
You are a lie!
You are a lie!
You are a lie! - Foamator, on 01/08/2008, -0/+10What we need to do is make our own printer that is attracted (on a subspace level, no less) to all of the other printers, drop it onto the printer's planet and then they'll all get sucked into it, making a printer-neutron star!
- digitaloxygen, on 01/08/2008, -1/+10Actually blackmage439 probably stole it from someone else who stole it from someone else who stole it from someone else. My comment was just another iteration of an overused comment about robots or other things taking over the world. I bet if you search around on Digg you will see that same comment going back at LEAST 6 months.
I didn't even ready past the first 4-5 comments before I posted that. I put it up here because it fit as a reply to the first comment. AND don't give a rats a$$ if I get diggs or not.
I thought it was funny and apparently so did several other people. GFY good sir. GFY. - Cyber_Akuma, on 01/08/2008, -0/+910 PRINT PRINTER
20 GOTO 10
Oh *****, Control+Pause/Break isn't working! - jeuhrn, on 01/08/2008, -0/+9"The RepRap is an open source 3-D printer [...]"
I don't think they plan to sell one in the first place. - MacEnvy, on 01/08/2008, -1/+10This is the beginning of the technological singularity. Once we can make one of these that does the assembly step at the nano-scale, using feedstock to create things molecule by molecule, we can begin a process that will change the world - the elimination of scarcity.
Replicators for all! - SteveDeGroof, on 01/08/2008, -0/+8In its current state, it's able to make some of its own part (i.e. the plastic bits). It can also make pretty much any plastic object up to a cubic foot in size, provided you have a 3D model, enough plastic and a lot of patience. I'm about half-way through building one. Currently waiting for some parts.
The main site: http://reprap.org
Builder forums: http://forums.reprap.org
My build journal: http://sdreprap.blogspot.com (shameless self-promotion) - lnxfi, on 01/08/2008, -0/+7Did we learn nothing from Terminator?
- EntropyGun, on 01/08/2008, -1/+8To hell with weapons. When this thing can print out cash, Hawaiian property deeds, tequila, and Swedish housemaids, then I'll be interested.
- avonwodahs, on 01/08/2008, -2/+8Mirror: http://72.14.253.104/search?hs=sUq&hl=en&lr=&c2cof ...
- kevdotbadger, on 01/08/2008, -2/+8Wish they would print out a way to make their servers work.
http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:hGee4LRsIoYJ:th ... - SteveDeGroof, on 01/08/2008, -0/+6Y'know, there have been about a dozen RepRap articles submitted to Digg over the past year or so and this is the only one that made the front page. It's not even a very good article. You're better off going straight to reprap.org
- cstout47, on 01/08/2008, -0/+5And they told me recursion wasn't used in the real world. Ha!
- jeuhrn, on 01/08/2008, -0/+5Yes.
And that will be scary. - blackmage439, on 01/08/2008, -1/+6I, for one, welcome our new self-replicating overlords.
Link's down already, though. Mirror? - Andyschism, on 01/08/2008, -1/+6I go to edit it to bring you more videos and it clears that link out so . . . here it is.
http://www.poptech.com/popcasts/popcasts.aspx?lang ... - HolisticIsland, on 01/08/2008, -0/+5The end goal is to make all the plastic stuff from biodegradable thermoplastic which could eventually be made at home using plants and a still. I'm not saying that it would be easy to do, but possible.
- ryancalderoni, on 01/08/2008, -0/+4asexual printers!
- consoneo, on 01/08/2008, -1/+5Von Neumann probes here we come!
- FLarsen, on 01/08/2008, -0/+4The replicators has destroyed the server.
- mahdaeng, on 01/08/2008, -4/+8I, for one, welcome the day in which we can leave this "I, for one" garbage behind.
- DivisibleByZero, on 01/08/2008, -0/+4I remeber a BBSpot article back when the Napster controversy started, where this was the punchline. The guy had invented a 3d printer and people were using it to pirate all sortsof stuff on the internet. The inventor didn't seem to mind because his business was booming, until the interviewer informed him that people had started "sharing" his printers as well.
- karapuz, on 01/08/2008, -0/+4The printer makes all the parts, but you still need a Chinese child laborer to assemble them into a working printer.
- SteveDeGroof, on 01/08/2008, -0/+4One of the long-range plans is to use recycled materials. If that comes to pass, then the only inputs are information and energy. And information's really hard to sell more than once.
- MacEnvy, on 01/08/2008, -0/+4According to the videos on their website, the feedstock can be made pretty easily out of biomass (compost essentially). Sounds like a good plan to me!
- eekthekat, on 01/08/2008, -1/+5Von Nuemann would be so proud!
- DarkTrancer, on 01/08/2008, -1/+5Why is it that money is important here?
- eskizo, on 01/08/2008, -1/+5I'll be back ...
- dgp1, on 01/08/2008, -0/+3What could possibly go wrong?
- Capta1nObvious, on 01/08/2008, -2/+5These comments are full of cliches.
- tgc1, on 01/08/2008, -1/+4Apparently we still haven't figured out self-fixing servers. Ah well. There's still hope.
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