Then they cloned two friends, and they cloned two friends, and so on..

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From yesthattom, comes a really delightful lecture on a plastic fabricator that is sufficiently sophisticated that it can almost replicate itself.

I think I want one, for my basement. I never know when I might want to extrude some plastic or something...

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[blue-estro.livejournal.com]

Quine machinery! Nifty!

Now the question is whether this will eventually have a macroscopic grey-goo outcome...

[toxgunn.livejournal.com]

Yep - also check out the Fab@Home folks.

Using polycaprolactone is a slick idea - most of the alternatives I've seen were based on abs or polypropylene, which aren't are biosycle-friendly.

Temptations...;)