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A universal constructor is a machine that can replicate itself and - in addition - make other industrial products.  Such a machine would have a number of interesting characteristics, such as being subject to Darwinian evolution, increasing in number exponentially, and being extremely low-cost.At an amazing 
blinkenlight night blinkennight at 
metalab I had the opportunity to capture 
RepRap - the 
Replicating Rapid-Prototyper - construct the letter R.
The RepRap project, which is represented by 
Vik Olliver wants to replace € 35.000 
CNC-machines rapid prototypers / 3D-printers with DIY € 500 ones! All the plans and the software are open source.
Reprap used a plastic melting at 80° Celsius for the R, using metal or even chocolate to build objects are realistic options.
Fotos on Flickr.
 
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