Tuesday, January 19, 2010

we're all going to die!

and here's one of the very probable reasons why:

Self Replicating Printers

I'm sure many of you have heard of the RepRap, the open sourced rapid prototyping 3D printer. It's all kinds of awesome, as you can use it to create three dimensional objects from simple patterns. The coolest feature? You can use one RepRap to create most of a second unit! Whoa, hang on a second there. Machines that can self replicate? Yeah, there's no way in hell that could go wrong, right? Jesus, when Skynet grabs this tech, the robots will be popping out babies faster than the Duggars.

"15 Ways Science Will Kill Us All"
[via neatorama]

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