For what it's worth after all the plane trips I've had these year I now realize how extremely useful tablets are for traveling. Laptops are not practical to use with the tiny tray tables, seats, and leg room in coach. But other than that tablets are virtually useless in my opinion.
The circuit boards are easy. The hard part is all those chips that are no longer manufactured. You can't make those with a 3D printer. You need all kinds of crazy equipment to do the photolithography, doping, etc. and it has to be done in a super clean completely dust free environment. There is no other way to make these chips than to fabricate them properly.
Shonumi Wrote:Also, don't worry about old consoles disappearing. This is just idle speculation, but imagine if everyday users could apply 3D printing techniques to custom circuitry (I'm sure something like this exists on the industrial/commercial level, but think consumer level for a minute). Smart enough kids get themselves all of the necessary schematics (a lot of the circuitry for the Game Boy, for example, is readily available online as images) and figure out what it takes to build their own GB or NES, or whatever, then the project goes viral online and such. Like I said, it's idle talk, but that's why we have a future, to fill our heads with fanciful ideas and such. Failing that, just go over to James Rolf's house (The Nerd from AVGN); I'm sure he's got every system known to man. He seems to know how to keep them in working order too.
The circuit boards are easy. The hard part is all those chips that are no longer manufactured. You can't make those with a 3D printer. You need all kinds of crazy equipment to do the photolithography, doping, etc. and it has to be done in a super clean completely dust free environment. There is no other way to make these chips than to fabricate them properly.
"Normally if given a choice between doing something and nothing, I’d choose to do nothing. But I would do something if it helps someone else do nothing. I’d work all night if it meant nothing got done."
-Ron Swanson
"I shall be a good politician, even if it kills me. Or if it kills anyone else for that matter. "
-Mark Antony
-Ron Swanson
"I shall be a good politician, even if it kills me. Or if it kills anyone else for that matter. "
-Mark Antony