Comments on: RepRap. The End of Walmart. http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2009/04/reprap-the-end-of-walmart/ Building tools for replicable, open source, post-scarcity resilient communities Sat, 17 Dec 2011 14:49:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: MicroTrac Completed | Open Source Ecology http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2009/04/reprap-the-end-of-walmart/comment-page-1/#comment-32750 MicroTrac Completed | Open Source Ecology Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:07:03 +0000 http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=614#comment-32750 [...] I’m thinking it may be called MegaRep - the Mega version (8×8 feet) of the cubic RepRap structure - now for handling heavy machining of all [...] [...] I’m thinking it may be called MegaRep – the Mega version (8×8 feet) of the cubic RepRap structure – now for handling heavy machining of all [...]

]]> By: Lost Chief http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2009/04/reprap-the-end-of-walmart/comment-page-1/#comment-24142 Lost Chief Sun, 12 Apr 2009 07:26:57 +0000 http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=614#comment-24142 Ok if you can find a way to use Hemp plastics then we really have something. Im sure you can or will be able to. I could use some nice outdoor speed skates hahahah Ok if you can find a way to use Hemp plastics then we really have something. Im sure you can or will be able to. I could use some nice outdoor speed skates hahahah

]]> By: Jeremy http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2009/04/reprap-the-end-of-walmart/comment-page-1/#comment-23783 Jeremy Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:08:17 +0000 http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=614#comment-23783 It will be the "End of Wal-Mart"... at Factor e Farm, and anyone else who can replace all trips to Walmart or any other global supply chain store with a RepRap. Just like linux means the "End of Windows"... at Factor e Farm. :] It will be the “End of Wal-Mart”… at Factor e Farm, and anyone else who can replace all trips to Walmart or any other global supply chain store with a RepRap. Just like linux means the “End of Windows”… at Factor e Farm. :]

]]> By: Dan http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2009/04/reprap-the-end-of-walmart/comment-page-1/#comment-23760 Dan Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:49:03 +0000 http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=614#comment-23760 Edward, I mostly agree with you. The post could have been titled "RepRap. An Alternative to Walmart", which would have reinforced that message. It wasn't. Edward, I mostly agree with you.

The post could have been titled “RepRap. An Alternative to Walmart”, which would have reinforced that message. It wasn’t.

]]> By: Lost Chief http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2009/04/reprap-the-end-of-walmart/comment-page-1/#comment-23702 Lost Chief Thu, 09 Apr 2009 01:13:58 +0000 http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=614#comment-23702 Here is a link to a podcast about reprap and a few other quality subjects. http://agroinnovations.com/component/option,com_mojo/Itemid,181/lang,en/ Here is a link to a podcast about reprap and a few other quality subjects.

http://agroinnovations.com/component/option,com_mojo/Itemid,181/lang,en/

]]> By: Low Plastic » Blog Archive » “Printing” recycled plastic goods http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2009/04/reprap-the-end-of-walmart/comment-page-1/#comment-23701 Low Plastic » Blog Archive » “Printing” recycled plastic goods Thu, 09 Apr 2009 01:13:14 +0000 http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=614#comment-23701 [...] this Open Source Ecology article for details and an interesting [...] [...] this Open Source Ecology article for details and an interesting [...]

]]> By: Edward http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2009/04/reprap-the-end-of-walmart/comment-page-1/#comment-23683 Edward Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:34:11 +0000 http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=614#comment-23683 The main point is to free people from dependency upon these corporate structures, and provide a viable alternative. The evils of inequality are significantly eliminated if the tools for acquiring basic necessities are freely available. In the long run, I have a feeling that open source models may well win out simply because of their low cost, their reproductive fitness, and the fact that their development isn't reliant upon any single corporate sponsor. Yet, even if it never becomes the dominant mode of production, the significance of it is not much diminished. This stuff has exponentially more potential to end extreme poverty than all the foreign aid and Bono concerts combined. The main point is to free people from dependency upon these corporate structures, and provide a viable alternative.

The evils of inequality are significantly eliminated if the tools for acquiring basic necessities are freely available.

In the long run, I have a feeling that open source models may well win out simply because of their low cost, their reproductive fitness, and the fact that their development isn’t reliant upon any single corporate sponsor.

Yet, even if it never becomes the dominant mode of production, the significance of it is not much diminished.

This stuff has exponentially more potential to end extreme poverty than all the foreign aid and Bono concerts combined.

]]> By: Dan http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2009/04/reprap-the-end-of-walmart/comment-page-1/#comment-23679 Dan Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:35:04 +0000 http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=614#comment-23679 Linux wasn't the end of Windows, and fabs won't be the end of WalMart. Linux wasn’t the end of Windows, and fabs won’t be the end of WalMart.

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