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Blog 9-4-12

Useful: Acrylic Hair Dryer Mount [1] Hair dryers are usually big and bulky so finding a storage place for them isn't easy. This Hair Dryer Mount would leave your hair dryer hung up nicely and give you more drawer space for other things.

Artistic/Beautiful: Bellerophina Vase [2] This vase is very artistic looking and unlike any vase I have seen before. It is very unique.

Pointless/Useless: Pile of ABS scrap [3] There is nothing I can think of to use this for.

Funny: iSpork [4] This really made me laugh when I saw it. It would be very funny to see someone actually using this.

Weird: Skull Bowl [5] This may be useful around Halloween but I still find it to be creepy and weird.

Blog 9-13-12

1. I think the concept is great but I have some doubts that the process will work as smoothly as the author thinks. I don't think the machines will be able to successfully copy intricate pieces such as the extruder. If the initial machine was much larger and of higher quality I could see this process possibly being successful, however that may lead to a cost increase.

2. The phrase 'wealth without money' means you have a large amount of personal goods without having a lot of money. I think the author's goal for the replicating process is to have the user pay an initial cost for the constuction of their first machine, and then they will save money on any items they wish to create with the machine including self replicating the machine itself. The machine will allow the user endless means of production so they will have 'wealth (objects) without money'.

3. In the future, I think the RepRap machine process will continue to gain attention and grow. I think you will see them in many more homes being used to produce simple household items as well as in some businesses. Beyond this, I really don't see the machine's self replicating process growing the way the author invisions it happening. I believe the machines would have to become larger in size and of better quality to really gain a lot of interest, however this would increase the cost which would also be a turnoff to customers.