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How is RepRap an example of emergence?

Kristina e-mailed me to ask: I was doing some research about emergence and I was wondering if you could quickly re-explain to me HOW the reprap is an example of emergence in mass cutomisation? What I don't understand is, isn't the expected behaviour of the machine to reproduce itself? I don't understand how the process of the reproduction is emergent.. or am i missing the point completely?

I admit I was having a little fun with the RepRap example and perhaps stretching the analogy a bit… Continue

Posted on October 24, 2008 at 12:31am — 1 Comment

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At 12:09am on November 11, 2008, Lucy said…: ah I should have said it here o_o but incase u dont see

I named my zipfile 30721676_assignment3, its suppose to be 307216764 but I think you already know our numbers anyways XD