eDay2011 - Adrian Bowyer - University of Bath

RepRap The 3D Printer that Prints Itself Adrian Bowyer University of Bath, U.K. eDay Rotterdam, 15 September 2011

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 € 400.
Working volume: 200 x 200 x 140 mm 3 .
Material: most plastics.
Print rate: 19 ml/hour (one day to replicate).
Licence: GPL.

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RepRap Makes http://thingiverse.com 4 Michael Curry

Anyone with a RepRap can make another RepRap for a friend 29 May 2008

It's like MP3 music sharing, but for real solid stuff... ...ultimately any stuff

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The Arrow of Time Always works

The Arrow of Time

Biology – mutualist symbiosis RepRap = flowers People = insects Goods = nectar

The Four Levels
WEAK
Rules
Economics
Biology
Physics
STRONG

The Future Everyone in the developed world runs their own CD pressing plant

The Future Everyone in the developed world runs their own CD pressing plant Photographic Lab

The Future Everyone 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?

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