[H-GEN] RepRapping in Brisbane!

[gavin duley]

On Sun, 2008-03-30 at 15:27 +1000, Arjen Lentz wrote:
> Hi Robert, all,
> 
> On 30/03/2008, at 2:16 PM, Robert Brockway wrote:
[snip]
> > This is the root of the problem: If we make something which can self
> > replicate exponetially then sooner or later it _will_ become a  
> > problem.

That's why I'd be a bit unconfortable with the whole idea of doing that.

> Yea.
> 
> It's important to note though that RepRaps can not self-replicate in  
> this way, it's just a manufacturing environment (a mini factory), not  
> an autonomous robot of any kind.
> The commodity electronics and some nuts and bolts are acquired, the  
> plastic parts can be made in a RapRap.
> That aspects make it easy to spread this means of manufacturing, and  
> in that sense it's excellent that it will be able to spread  
> exponentally.

So not time to get paranoid yet, I guess. :-)

gavin,