DesktopManufacturing

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ReadWith : DesktopFabrication, MassCustomization, OnMaking, 3DPrinting

http://blogger.iftf.org/Future/000499.html

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MakingElectronics
blog entry on FabLabs : http://www.blog.speculist.com/archives/000256.html

: interesting point in the comments about the effect of the EndOfCheapOil on this. I wonder if we can imagine desktop manufacturing machines that work with biological material : papier maché, wood-pulp, etc?

Interesting critique of Wired Jan 2010 hype : http://gizmodo.com/5457461/atoms-are-not-bits-wired-is-not-a-business-magazine

The Local Network

Desktop Manufacturing brings manufacturing more local (LocalManufacturing)

100k Garages were trying to put it into action ( http://100kgarages.com/ourbigidea.html) but seem to have gone.

See also HackSpaces, PhysicalIntermediaries

In Ghana : http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,64864,00.html?tw=wntophead1

http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail460.html

Grab graphics from screen, extrude, render : http://longtail.typepad.com/thelongtail/2005/05/myownpersonal.html

JoelSpolsky investigates the what you need to package and ship DVDs from a small software company : http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/HowToShipAnything.html