[ox] Fwd: [ox-en] Decentralising production with open-blueprint, self-replicating devices
- From: Stefan Meretz <stefan.meretz hbv.org>
- Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2005 08:26:14 +0200
Das klingt so fazinierend, dass es märchenhaft anmuted:
- selbstreplizierend
- recyclingfähig
- billig
- frei wie Freie Software
Ciao,
Stefan
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Subject: [ox-en] Decentralising production with open-blueprint,
self-replicating devices
Date: Saturday 04 June 2005 23:42
From: Robin Green <greenrd greenrd.org>
To: list-en oekonux.org
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/06/02/tech.reprap/index.html
The machine that can copy anything
By Simon Hooper for CNN
Thursday, June 2, 2005 Posted: 10:48 AM EDT (1448 GMT)
LONDON, England (CNN) -- A revolutionary machine that can copy itself
and manufacture everyday objects quickly and cheaply could transform
industry in the developing world, according to its creator.
The "self-replicating rapid prototyper," or "RepRap" is the
brainchild of Dr. Adrian Bowyer, a senior lecturer in mechanical
engineering at the University of Bath in the UK.
It is based on rapid prototyping technology commonly used to
manufacturer plastic components in industry from computer-generated
blueprints -- effectively a form of 3D printer.
But Bowyer told CNN the RepRap's ability to copy itself could put
rapid prototyping technology within reach of the world's poorest
communities by alleviating the need for the sort of large-scale
industrial infrastructure common across the developed world.
More: http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/06/02/tech.reprap/index.html
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Robin
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