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Open Source Self-Replicating Robot
Josilot writes "CNN.Com is running an article about a new self-replicating robot named RepRap. From the article: '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.' One part of the article that I think many slashdot readers will find interesting is near the bottom: 'To encourage that development, Bowyer plans to make the design of the RepRap available online and free to use, in the same way as open source software such as the Linux operating system or Mozilla's Firefox browser.' Is robotics the next big field for open source?"
One part of the article that I think many slashdot readers will find interesting is near the bottom:
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Have we contacted the Asgard? Smells like trouble to me!
mazevedo
If it wasn't, would it's own existence violate the DMCA?
Stasis is death. Embrace change.
open source, not open sores.
yikes!
It's about as self-replicating as a machine that connects to the web via its ethernet port, places an order for parts here, waits until the UPS web site says the parts have arrived and then emails its owner to tell it to assemble the parts sitting in the box on the front doormat.
Doesn't it make you feel good to know that our freedoms are protected by politicans, lawyers and journalists.
Generation 31 = robots use up the last of the available IPv4 addresses and turn on their masters, subjugating humanity and forcing it to adopt IPv6 at gunpoint.
The horror!
I don't care if it's 90,000 hectares. That lake was not my doing.