> Now your starting to sound like you have waaaayyyyy too much time on your
>hands.....but I'll bite. Give me a couple of days on this one.
I don't have too much time I just like to take the opposite path and see
where it leads.
If you took a 3d printer (current technology) and gave it to everyone in
the world, what would they do with it? If RP&M is only for the affluent
then how long will you remain affluent enough to use the technology. All I
am asking is that this list think as a group about how RP&M can assist
everyone even if they have few resources on hand. Can it make food? tools?
clothing?
Is there a market for such a device? So far we've determined that the women
would survive but the men would only die smiling.
Elaine
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Clemson University Laboratory to Advance Industrial Prototyping
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