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0 pointswyager12y ago0 comments

I hope that emerging manufacturing technologies will allow what has happened to software over the last 25 years to happen to hardware over the next 25 years.

It is possible to run a completely open software stack, and very easy to run an almost-completely open software stack.

My hope is that open-source hardware (both electronic and mechanical) will be abundant enough in the future that I could feasibly fabricate a new ECU from scratch, or 3D print a new evaporator for my AC.

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toomuchtodo12y ago

I too hope so, but not for automotive. I want to 3D print the hull for a high speed catamaran. Every year I wait is another year laser sintering gets cheaper, 3D printing gets better, and the cost of technology drops.

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0 pointswyager12y ago0 comments

I hope that emerging manufacturing technologies will allow what has happened to software over the last 25 years to happen to hardware over the next 25 years.

It is possible to run a completely open software stack, and very easy to run an almost-completely open software stack.

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toomuchtodo12y ago

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