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I have seen what people are developing. Besides, cars do not need to have micro electronics. http://reprap.org/wiki/MetalicaRap http://reprap.org/wiki/Metalica
by moocowduckquack 13y ago
I have seen what people are developing. Besides, cars do not need to have micro electronics.
http://reprap.org/wiki/MetalicaRap http://reprap.org/wiki/MetalicaRap
http://medtechinsider.com/archives/24967 http://medtechinsider.com/archives/24967
http://www.nthdegreetech.com/printed-semiconductors.php http://www.nthdegreetech.com/printed-semiconductors.php
That said, there will always be some things for which economies of scale win out against customisation, and I suspect that many electronics components are in that bracket. Luckily we have things like FPGAs, so you don't need to keep a huge stock of specialised chips to make a wide variety of devices.
- wlievens 13y agoI don't think there is a market for cars without micro electronics. Especially not with the rise of electric cars. FPGA's are several orders of magnitude more expensive than mass-produced electronics. Modern cars contain more than just controller electronics. What about image sensors, for instance, for automated parking systems? You can't 3D-print an image sensor. Not without a clean room at least.