Post on 31-Mar-2015
Self-replication and Manufacturing
Adrian Bowyer
reprap.org
Exeter University
13 July 2012
What is RepRap?
RepRap is a self-replicating 3D printer
RepRap Facts● RepRap can copy about half its own parts.● The other half: hardware shops and on-line.● Cost of all the materials £300.● Working volume: 140 x 140 x 100 mm3.● Material: most plastics.● Print rate: 19 ml/hour (one day to replicate).● Licence: GPL.
RepRap Makes
http://thingiverse.com
RepRap Makes
http://thingiverse.com
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It's like MP3 music sharing, but for real solid stuff...
...ultimately any stuff
First replication
29 May 2008
Biology – mutualist symbiosis
RepRap = flowersPeople = insectsGoods = nectar
RepRap: destroyer of industry
Detroit, USA, 2010
Destroying Things
Swindon, UK, 2012
Moved, notDestroyed
That waynever works
The Arrow of Time
Alwaysworks
The Arrow of Time
The Arrow of Time
The FutureEveryone in the developed world runs their own
CD pressing plant
The FutureEveryone in the developed world runs their own
CD pressing plant
Photographic Lab
The FutureEveryone in the developed world runs their own
CD pressing plant
Photographic Lab
And printing press
The Future
Why not their own factory...
The Future
...that makes more factories?
Much less need for...
Much less need for...
Much less need for...
http://reprap.org