In reference to our class discussions the past several weeks on tools, I thought this would be a fun and interesting video to share. As stated in class, "human culture and tools seem to be intertwined at the roots." We are constantly striving to create new tools to aid us in our daily lives. And if “tools are a means to accomplish ends” then new technology does indeed bring about a need to additional (new) means in order for us to meet additional ends!
Ironically enough, this device you will see in this video is a tool that can make other tools--or anything for that matter! It's truly as if it were pulled out of a science fiction movie! It leaves me puzzled as to what exactly a machine like this could mean for finding means to meet the new ends it has probably initiated. What do you think?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZboxMsSz5Aw
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