http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/tech/2F5C3C5D68A380EDCC257423006E71CD
A 3D duplicator called RepRap, released under GPL, aiming to make a version that can replicate itself.
This will be the point at which hardware patents become as damaging to innovation as software patents are.
We really need to get the hard thinking about our rights in regard to such devices now rather than later. Has RMS had anything to say on the subject?
(cc'd to Mr Stallman for his attention)
- d.