Comments on: RepRap: the replicating rapid prototyper http://hackaday.com/2006/02/15/reprap-the-replicating-rapid-prototyper/ Fresh hacks every day Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:06:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Wim L http://hackaday.com/2006/02/15/reprap-the-replicating-rapid-prototyper/comment-page-1/#comment-17127 Fri, 17 Feb 2006 02:22:05 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/02/15/reprap-the-replicating-rapid-prototyper/#comment-17127 joevennix: Wood’s metal and Field’s metal are two different, well-known low-melting-point alloys. I’ve heard of Wood’s metal more often. Field’s metal has less scary-looking (but rarer) ingredients.

]]> By: zach hoeken http://hackaday.com/2006/02/15/reprap-the-replicating-rapid-prototyper/comment-page-1/#comment-17128 Thu, 16 Feb 2006 19:51:13 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/02/15/reprap-the-replicating-rapid-prototyper/#comment-17128 hey all,

member of the reprap project here, just thought i’d drop in and say thanks for linking us. its a really cool and fun project to work on. our basic status right now is that we have a solid extruder head model up and running, and now the guys have 3-4 different designs going for actually positioning the print head.

definitely keep an eye on this project, everyone is quite serious and this project has the potential to be very disruptive (in a good way).

]]> By: joevennix http://hackaday.com/2006/02/15/reprap-the-replicating-rapid-prototyper/comment-page-1/#comment-17129 Thu, 16 Feb 2006 07:57:06 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/02/15/reprap-the-replicating-rapid-prototyper/#comment-17129 Woods metal? Never heard of it.
Perhaps you meant Field’s metal.

]]> By: Gerry http://hackaday.com/2006/02/15/reprap-the-replicating-rapid-prototyper/comment-page-1/#comment-17130 Thu, 16 Feb 2006 07:52:24 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/02/15/reprap-the-replicating-rapid-prototyper/#comment-17130 The first movie that I recall where machines made themselves was “Screamers”, which was based on a much older book, “Second Variety” by Philip K. Dick. The guy was a mad genius.

]]> By: monster http://hackaday.com/2006/02/15/reprap-the-replicating-rapid-prototyper/comment-page-1/#comment-17131 Thu, 16 Feb 2006 07:23:55 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/02/15/reprap-the-replicating-rapid-prototyper/#comment-17131 you saw it here first people: this is how it ends.

]]> By: Alan http://hackaday.com/2006/02/15/reprap-the-replicating-rapid-prototyper/comment-page-1/#comment-17133 Thu, 16 Feb 2006 04:26:20 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/02/15/reprap-the-replicating-rapid-prototyper/#comment-17133 http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/May05/selfrep.ws.html

]]> By: Fabulo http://hackaday.com/2006/02/15/reprap-the-replicating-rapid-prototyper/comment-page-1/#comment-17132 Thu, 16 Feb 2006 03:44:26 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/02/15/reprap-the-replicating-rapid-prototyper/#comment-17132 You asked for it: I for one welcome our self replicating overlords.

Step 1: Build self replicating machine.
Step 2 ???
Step 3: make profit.

Did not they learn anything for “Terminator”? “Terminator 2″? “The Matrix”?
What? Those were movies? Soooo… ?

]]> By: orwell84 http://hackaday.com/2006/02/15/reprap-the-replicating-rapid-prototyper/comment-page-1/#comment-17134 Thu, 16 Feb 2006 00:11:08 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/02/15/reprap-the-replicating-rapid-prototyper/#comment-17134 The first person to make a “I for one welcome our _____ overlords” will be dragged out into the woods and beaten about the head and neck.

]]> By: the_steven http://hackaday.com/2006/02/15/reprap-the-replicating-rapid-prototyper/comment-page-1/#comment-17136 Wed, 15 Feb 2006 22:07:39 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/02/15/reprap-the-replicating-rapid-prototyper/#comment-17136 Oh just great, in 10 to 20 years we’ll be up to our armpits in von Neumann machines!

Then they’ll look for “other components” to use, and then we’ll all be SOL!

]]> By: furtim http://hackaday.com/2006/02/15/reprap-the-replicating-rapid-prototyper/comment-page-1/#comment-17135 Wed, 15 Feb 2006 21:38:08 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/02/15/reprap-the-replicating-rapid-prototyper/#comment-17135 Trust me, Universal Constructors predate Deus Ex by quite a number of years.

]]> By: Daedalus http://hackaday.com/2006/02/15/reprap-the-replicating-rapid-prototyper/comment-page-1/#comment-17137 Wed, 15 Feb 2006 21:16:16 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/02/15/reprap-the-replicating-rapid-prototyper/#comment-17137 That seems to be taken from Deus Ex game!

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