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Originally posted by mb2591
This isn't that new..
Originally posted by smithjustinb
Originally posted by mb2591
This isn't that new..
Oh. I thought it was, I've never heard of it before. It's still amazing to me. This could be improved and could change the world and the way we do things.
No, they don't. Did you read your own links?
Originally posted by polarwarrior
I think these have been around for about 20 years.
But now they have a printer which can print another printer!
3D printer to churn out copies of itself
Self replicating printer
It does not exist. Why would you claim it does (maybe you didn't read the article)?
"[Bowyer] is referring to something that does not exist and has not been demonstrated. Will it develop in the future? Unlikely."
Originally posted by Arbitrageur
No, they don't. Did you read your own links?
Originally posted by polarwarrior
I think these have been around for about 20 years.
But now they have a printer which can print another printer!
3D printer to churn out copies of itself
Self replicating printer
It does not exist. Why would you claim it does (maybe you didn't read the article)?
"[Bowyer] is referring to something that does not exist and has not been demonstrated. Will it develop in the future? Unlikely."
But yes the OP device has been out for quite a while.
23 March 2005: The RepRap blog is started.
13 September 2006: The RepRap 0.2 prototype successfully printed the first part of itself which was subsequently used to replace an identical part originally created by a commercial 3D printer.
9 February 2008: RepRap 1.0 "Darwin" had successfully made at least one instance of over half its total rapid-prototyped parts.
14 April 2008: Possibly the first end-user item is made by a RepRap: a clamp to hold an iPod securely to the dashboard of a Ford Fiesta.
29 May 2008: Within a few minutes of being assembled, the first completed "child" machine made the first part for a "grandchild" at the University of Bath, UK.
23 September 2008: it is reported that at least 100 copies had been produced in various countries. The exact number of RepRap in circulation at that time is unknown.[5]
30 November 2008: First documented "in the wild" replication occurs. Replication completed by Wade Bortz, the first user outside of the developers team to produce a complete set for another person.[6]
20 April 2009: Announcement of first electronic circuit boards produced automatically with a RepRap. Using an automated control system and a swappable head system capable of printing both plastic and conductive solder. Part is later integrated into the RepRap that made it.[7]
2 October 2009: The second generation design, called "Mendel", prints its first part. The Mendel's shape resembles a triangular prism rather than a cube.
13 October 2009: RepRap 2.0 "Mendel" is completed.[8]
27 January 2010: The Foresight Institute announced the "Kartik M. Gada Humanitarian Innovation Prize" for the design and construction of an improved RepRap. There are two prizes, one of US$20,000, and another of $80,000.[9] The administration of the prize was later transferred to Humanity+.[10]
31 August 2010: The third generation design, "Huxley", is officially named. Development is based on a miniaturized version of the Mendel hardware with 30% of the original print volume
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Why would you claim it does
Originally posted by XL5
The way they get the moving parts is a trick, its not as simple as they say. The scanner can not see internal parts, so they have to model the moving bits using a computer program based on what they already know about how it works. In otherwords, you couldn't scan a closed metal box with an unknown inside it, print it and then open up the printed box and the original box and see the same thing inside both.
It is still neat, but I would have abused the printed wrench alot more.