Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!obsolete.UUCP!nazgul From: nazgul@obsolete.UUCP (Kee Hinckley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: S.198 Message-ID: <8905291658.AA05368@obsolete.UUCP> Date: 29 May 89 16:58:55 GMT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 25 > I doubt toasters can be duplicated with the ease that software can. All > it takes is a $39 bitcopier, and an opinion that matches Long John Silver's. > Unless they create matter copiers... There's a firm in the Boston area that specializes in non-destructive teleportation. They use it for sending machine parts to ships and the like. You simply give them the part, and they teleport a copy of it to the ship. -kee (Oh, you want to know how it *works*? They scan the whole thing with a laser and get a *very* high-precision 3D model. The model is then translated into commands for a computer controled lathe, and the commands are radioed to the ship. I don't think the technique works for toasters yet :-) Home: obsolete!nazgul@bloom-beacon.mit.edu Work: nazgul@apollo.com BBS: obsolete!pro-angmar!nazgul@bloom-beacon.mit.edu or nazgul@pro-angmar.cts.com (somewhat slower though) 617/641-3722 (300/1200/2400) -------