RepRap: the self-replicating rapid prototyper


	RepRap: the self-replicating rapid prototyper

enbar

3-24-2008 11:43 AM

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enbar says:

A "3D printing" device (rapid prototyper) made from parts that the machine itself can make; thus, it can "copy" itself. This project is still under development, but it seems likely that it will be built in the not-too-distant future.

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3-24-2008 11:44 AM

ericskiff

My friend Zach at http://NYCResistor.com is working on this!

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<A href="http://reprap.org/"><IMG border="0" alt="Home" src="http://reprap.org/pub/rr-logo-sixth-green.gif" /></A><SMALL><FONT color="#ff0000"><EM>"Wealth without money..."</EM></FONT></SMALL>
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<DD><FONT size="-2">- Sir James Dyson, 17 April 2007.</FONT></DD>
<EM>"[RepRap] has been called the invention that will bring down global capitalism, start a second industrial revolution and save the environment..."</EM>
<DD><FONT size="-2">- The front page of <A  href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/christmas2006/story/0,,1956793,00.html">The Guardian</A>, November 25, 2006.</FONT></DD>
<EM>"Money is a sign of poverty."<EM><DD><FONT size="-2">- Iain M. Banks, 1987.</FONT></DD>
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these parts are think of Lego bricks and you're in the right area. You
could make lots of useful stuff, but interestingly you could also make
most of the parts to make another 3D printer. That would be a machine
that could copy itself.
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