Revolutionary improvements to automation and production may one day create machines able to produce almost anything, quickly and cheaply, and far faster and more varied than modern 3D Printers. Such devices are sometimes known as Santa Claus Machines, Cornucopia Devices, or Clanking Del-Replicators, and today we will examine how likely such technology is, how far off in the future they might be, and what impact they would have on society.

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Credits:

The Santa Claus Machine

Episode 165, Season 4 E51

Writers

Isaac Arthur

Editors

A.T. Long

Darius Said

Edward Nardella

Keith Blockus

Mark Warburton

Matthew Campbell

Producer

Isaac Arthur

Cover Artist:

Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier

Graphics Team:

Bryan Versteeg http://spacehabs.com

Darth Biomech https://www.artstation.com/darth_biomech

Fishy Tree https://www.deviantart.com/fishytree/

Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana

LegionTech Studios https://hades9.com

SpaceResourcesCGI

Narrator:

Isaac Arthur

Music

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" https://www.free-stock-music.com/tchaikovsky-dance-of-the-sugar-plum-fairy.html

Miguel Johnson, "So Many Stars" https://soundcloud.com/migueljohnsonmjmusic

Aerium, "Fifth Star of Aldebaran" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ

"Lombus, "Hydrogen Sonata" https://lombus.bandcamp.com

Miguel Johnson, "Pleiades Sonata" https://soundcloud.com/migueljohnsonmjmusic

Markus Junnikkala, "A Memory of Earth" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/