Lots of software started this way: as a toy, a proof-of-concept, a learning opportunity for the programmers.
I really hope that they find interested people who join their experiments, and build something awesome and open together.
That article is from 8 years ago. Saltwater batteries are hard to find right now since Aquion quit making them and I don't know of anyone retailing Salgenx yet.
it's possible the necessary inventions would have happened earlier without the patent problem, but the minimug era of reprap was not simply reproducing existing fdm machines; they were having to figure out a lot of things nobody had figured out before, like parts cooling fans, pla to use lower temperatures and avoid the need for a heated build chamber, threaded rod truss gantries, avr g-code interpreters, and eventually auto bed leveling, pla pinch extrusion, etc. there are things people could have told them, but if they'd done everything in the safe conventional way they would have ended up with a two thousand dollar machine
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Lots of software started this way: as a toy, a proof-of-concept, a learning opportunity for the programmers. I really hope that they find interested people who join their experiments, and build something awesome and open together.
This looks like a toy, but its INSANELY COOL! You build a proof of concept? This technology is cool.
I was at a tiny house competition, and we were using golf cart batteries, and the winner: The University of Santa Clara, CA:
"The house stores its energy using saltwater batteries, the only batteries in the world to be Cradle to Cradle certified."
https://www.tinyhousebasics.com/revolve/
That article is from 8 years ago. Saltwater batteries are hard to find right now since Aquion quit making them and I don't know of anyone retailing Salgenx yet.
Wow! You have totally done your homework. Totally. Yes, Aquion went out of business, and Salgenx is not on the market yet.
Home 3d printers started as repraps that could barely print a shot glass.
That wasn't because it was a proof of concept tech, but because Stratasys was effectively patent trolling it since the 80s.
it's possible the necessary inventions would have happened earlier without the patent problem, but the minimug era of reprap was not simply reproducing existing fdm machines; they were having to figure out a lot of things nobody had figured out before, like parts cooling fans, pla to use lower temperatures and avoid the need for a heated build chamber, threaded rod truss gantries, avr g-code interpreters, and eventually auto bed leveling, pla pinch extrusion, etc. there are things people could have told them, but if they'd done everything in the safe conventional way they would have ended up with a two thousand dollar machine
"was"
They are still busy patent trolling today.
True fact, I have Bre's first Roboexotica shot-glass, sitting on my junk bowl.