Comments on: RepRap http://skyclad.milkboys.org/article/reprap/ 空を身に着けて Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:35:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: ardoslover http://skyclad.milkboys.org/article/reprap/#comment-402 ardoslover Sat, 18 Jul 2009 06:35:15 +0000 http://skyclad.milkboys.org/article/reprap/#comment-402 Thanks for this, Josh. I understand your concern regarding the fact that it uses plastic, but think of it this way: if a lot of people got these printers, the price of virgin (meaning new and unused, ya perv! ;) ) plastic would likely go up. All plastic prices would go up, of course, but recycled plastic would be a lot cheaper (as it is now, anyway), which would encourage people to recycle. In theory, anyway.... Thanks for this, Josh. I understand your concern regarding the fact that it uses plastic, but think of it this way: if a lot of people got these printers, the price of virgin (meaning new and unused, ya perv! ;) ) plastic would likely go up. All plastic prices would go up, of course, but recycled plastic would be a lot cheaper (as it is now, anyway), which would encourage people to recycle. In theory, anyway….

]]> By: Benji http://skyclad.milkboys.org/article/reprap/#comment-399 Benji Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:14:55 +0000 http://skyclad.milkboys.org/article/reprap/#comment-399 yeah, i saw something like this few years ago as a project, it looked fun, but will it really suceed ?? i mean, it works, coo, but does it have a future ?? it's expensive and all ^^' But i really like the idea =D yeah, i saw something like this few years ago as a project, it looked fun, but will it really suceed ?? i mean, it works, coo, but does it have a future ?? it’s expensive and all ^^’
But i really like the idea =D

]]> By: Ben http://skyclad.milkboys.org/article/reprap/#comment-397 Ben Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:56:02 +0000 http://skyclad.milkboys.org/article/reprap/#comment-397 This is pretty fascinating stuff. It'd be nice if they could make the RepRap make parts in more recyclable materials, and also if they could modify it's look. Aesthetics are of course a completely unnecessary thing when you're talking about a factory, but consumers might be even more excited to have a RepRap in their homes if it's pleasantly designed instead of a spindly, wiry thing that looks like a grade nine science project. Still, cool and exciting technology! This is pretty fascinating stuff. It’d be nice if they could make the RepRap make parts in more recyclable materials, and also if they could modify it’s look. Aesthetics are of course a completely unnecessary thing when you’re talking about a factory, but consumers might be even more excited to have a RepRap in their homes if it’s pleasantly designed instead of a spindly, wiry thing that looks like a grade nine science project. Still, cool and exciting technology!

]]> By: BlackJack http://skyclad.milkboys.org/article/reprap/#comment-395 BlackJack Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:35:49 +0000 http://skyclad.milkboys.org/article/reprap/#comment-395 oh, what's even better? The printers in Doctorow's story aren't even as good as the printers today. oh, what’s even better?

The printers in Doctorow’s story aren’t even as good as the printers today.

]]> By: BlackJack http://skyclad.milkboys.org/article/reprap/#comment-394 BlackJack Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:33:18 +0000 http://skyclad.milkboys.org/article/reprap/#comment-394 I remember a couple years ago reading Cory Doctorow's story "Printcrime"(http://craphound.com/?p=573) and thinking that seems cool, but isn't that a bit far away in the future? Then last summer I worked as an intern in a university lab near my home, and we used a 3d printer to fabricate all of our parts, and I thought "oh... we're closer than I thought, I wonder how close they are to building 3d printers that can build themselves?" Now we have them. Holy god, technology moves fast. In just a few years we go from science fiction to reality. It boggles my mind. I remember a couple years ago reading Cory Doctorow’s story “Printcrime”(http://craphound.com/?p=573) and thinking that seems cool, but isn’t that a bit far away in the future? Then last summer I worked as an intern in a university lab near my home, and we used a 3d printer to fabricate all of our parts, and I thought “oh… we’re closer than I thought, I wonder how close they are to building 3d printers that can build themselves?”

Now we have them.

Holy god, technology moves fast. In just a few years we go from science fiction to reality. It boggles my mind.

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