I love the replicator technology from Star Trek. A replicator is a machine that can create and dispose of objects. Talk about easy meals and clean-up! Aside from food, the crew also used replicators to produce spare parts and everyday things.
Looks like theReplicating Rapid-prototyper (RepRap) team, which is an open source activity, has the objective to build a printer that can replicate and update itself. In that sense, RepRap is more like the Stargate Replicators, but hopefully not as deadly 
. Using polylactic acid (PLA) the RepRap can duplicate itself, its own components, and other 3D objects. Though 3D printing technologies already exists, RepRap is unique as it is completely open source and can replicate itself. Just imagine the next generations’ science fair projects, or upcoming design meetings, or … Just as any innovation, it is the small steps that creates the giant leaps. Now, only if they came up with blog-writer.
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