Personal fabricators - make anything by hitting “print” on your PC…
Our pal (and Maker profiled in MAKE 01) Neil Gershenfeld is in Fortune magazine/CNN - “According to MIT’s Neil Gershenfeld, the digital revolution is over, and the good guys won. The next big change will be about manufacturing. Anyone with a PC will be able to build anything just by hitting ‘print.’
Imagine a machine with the ability to manufacture anything. Now imagine that machine in your living room. What would you build first? Would you start a business? Would you ever buy anything retail again? According to MIT physicist Neil Gershenfeld, it’s not too early to think about these questions, because that machine, which he calls a personal fabricator, is not so far off - or so far-fetched - as you might think.” - Link.
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Fab lab articles, how-tos and projects @ MAKE - Link.
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