Fab-ulous
Transformation of the physical world is becoming cheaper and personal. Molecular scale assembly, desktop fabrication, printable circuits, nano assembly, star trek replicators, and the technology that is making and will make widely distributed short run and one off fabrication a possibility.
Technologies that exist or are being built out include 3D printers (toward home use), printable circuits, inkjet hacks, 3D fabrication machines using laser cutting with laminar assemby, or controlled removal of material. Technologies coming down the pipe include nano scale fabrication (available on your home computer eventually) and self replicating machines.
Also, implications of this technology. If physical goods are made to be infinitely copyable digital artifacts, what does this mean for the economy, work, and intrinsic value? Discussions of the expansion of the relative ease of software creation without significant capital input to the world of hardware.
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Unbelievable software turns average webcam into 3D scanner - Core77If you're a product designer, a desktop 3D scanner would be worth its weight in gold. But that's the problem--the things are friggin' expensive. Having an affordable way to scan something in 3D is inching closer to reality due to the efforts of one Qi Pan, a PhD candidate at the Engineering ...
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Tinkering Makes Comeback Amid Crisis - WSJ.comThe American tradition of tinkering -- the spark for inventions from the telephone to the Apple computer -- is making a comeback, boosted by renewed interest in hands-on work amid the economic crisis and falling prices of high-tech tools and materials. The modern milling machine, able to ...
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Thom Yorke 3D print on VimeoOriginal point cloud data from Aaron Koblin's House of Cards (GeoVideo's 3D scanning system) http://code.google.com/creative/radiohead/ Meshed with Point ...
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Device like ‘Star Trek’ replicator is in the works - Space.com- msnbc.comSpace explorers have yet to get their hands on the replicator of "Star Trek" to create anything they might require. But NASA has developed a technology that could enable lunar colonists to carry out on-site manufacturing on the moon, or allow future astronauts to create critical spare parts ...
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Computerworld > ARM chips make their way into commercial laptopsAfter comfortably residing for years in mobile devices like cellphones, chips based on the Arm design are finding their way into commercial laptops. However, ARM processors could be relegated to co-processor status alongside Intel CPUs in commercial laptops unless the chips are able to run ...
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53Computerworld > ARM chips make their way into commercial laptops"Software is more important than hardware in commercial laptops, says Dan Olds, principal analyst at Gabriel Consulting Group. But ARM chips could work in laptops if there is a move toward web applications and adoption of the Linux OS grows." Well, it is growing enough to be put inside all of ...macbraughton added 6 weeks ago
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Clive Thompson on the Revolution in Micromanufacturingjust in case you're looking for a place to sell stuff rolling off your basement fab-opKurt Laitner added 8 months ago
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