an awsome technology

[danyboy27]

http://reprap.org

wonderful technology, and really cheap.


another nice aspect is that it can manufacture it own spare part!

[Havet]

http://reprap.org

wonderful technology, and really cheap.


another nice aspect is that it can manufacture it own spare part!

thanks for sharing, this is really interesting!

[danyboy27]

thanks for sharing, this is really interesting!

yes, and so far the machine is also able to manufacture it own circuit board, wich mean it can manufacture circuit board for everyday use too.

[Havet]

yes, and so far the machine is also able to manufacture it own circuit board, wich mean it can manufacture circuit board for everyday use too.

i think this is one of those revolutionary inventions that will allow more and more people to become independant, and that it will change the market of opportunities for ever. Why continue working in a factory when you can build your own materials with the machine and outsmart your boss?

Such inventions promote a society of all entrepreneurs and independent contractors that will make the concept of jobs as we know it disappear in order to give place to something much better.

[Revy]

"[RepRap] has been called the invention that will bring down global capitalism, start a second industrial revolution and save the environment..."

Well, all I saw it do was make a little plastic coat hook thing. Not sure that's revolutionary. It makes for a cool toy, but the entire capitalist economy is not built on little plastic things.

[Havet]

"[RepRap] has been called the invention that will bring down global capitalism, start a second industrial revolution and save the environment..."

Well, all I saw it do was make a little plastic coat hook thing. Not sure that's revolutionary. It makes for a cool toy, but the entire capitalist economy is not built on little plastic things.

yes its not built on little plastic things, its built on workers working in factories. like i said above, all that can change, gradually sure, but it will change.

[Revy]

Of course, they will develop the machine further. At this stage it is not very impressive.

[danyboy27]

Of course, they will develop the machine further. At this stage it is not very impressive.

the speed itself is not impressive but it can manufacture ton of stuff.

it can manufacture gear and other copponents used in the fabrication of light machinery, it can solder too.

hoo btw, most of our economy is based on those little plastic thingy that we import from china and other industrialised countries.

you could also manufacture spart part for existing light machinery, and believe me, for a small buisness or small communities this is something great, it might take 12 hour to make on the machine but to import it will cost you a lot of money and a lot more time.