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Re:OpenClaw Surpasses React to Become the Most-Starred Softw... by Xirdus on Monday March 02, 2026 @12:10PM (#47220821)
Do you have any examples of 20th or 21st century breakthrough technologies that started out as toys? I can only think of 3D printers.
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Re:OpenClaw Surpasses React to Become the Most-Starred Softw... by DomB on Monday March 02, 2026 @04:50PM (#47224658)
Drones
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Re:OpenClaw Surpasses React to Become the Most-Starred Softw... by Xirdus on Monday March 02, 2026 @06:15PM (#47225648)
A cursory glance at Wikipedia tells me the technology to make drones (I assume by drones you mean quadcopters) was well known all the way back in the 50s. You could say the technology ultimately ended as nothing but a toy, rather than started as one.
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Re:OpenClaw Surpasses React to Become the Most-Starred Softw... by monkpit on Monday March 02, 2026 @07:30PM (#47226276)
3D printing started as aerospace tech, I’m pretty sure.
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