Comment on Is it theoretically possible to construct a self reproducing mechanical device?
sunsofold@lemmy.zip 1 week agoI think one of the most interesting questions that underlies this would be whether there is a material with correct properties to handle the mechanical forces necessary to perform mechanical computation to allow something like CNC and whether that system could then be complex/simple enough to assemble itself. It might be possible, but I don’t know enough about mechanical computing to even have a hunch.