In recent decades, the world has been rocked by revolutions in the digitization of computation and communication. Now the physical world is being digitized, thanks to new technologies that can turn data into things and things into data. Digital fabrication will let people build custom home furniture, living organs out of cells, and drones that can fly out of a printer; science fiction is becoming industrial fact.
NEIL GERSHENFELD is a Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the head of MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms.
I almost forgot to share this article from last week - the 3D printing community has mused about the possibility of manufacturers making STL files available so that customers can print their own replacement parts, and it looks like we now have the first instance of that happening:
http://www.wired.com/design/2012/09/synthesizer-lets-you-3-d-print-yo...
> In recent decades, the world has been rocked by revolutions in the > digitization of computation and communication. Now the physical world > is being digitized, thanks to new technologies that can turn data into > things and things into data. Digital fabrication will let people build > custom home furniture, living organs out of cells, and drones that can > fly out of a printer; science fiction is becoming industrial fact.
> NEIL GERSHENFELD is a Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of > Technology and the head of MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms.
> I almost forgot to share this article from last week - the 3D printing
> community has mused about the possibility of manufacturers making STL
> files available so that customers can print their own replacement parts,
> and it looks like we now have the first instance of that happening:http://www.wired.com/design/2012/09/synthesizer-lets-you-3-d-print-yo...
> > In recent decades, the world has been rocked by revolutions in the
> > digitization of computation and communication. Now the physical world
> > is being digitized, thanks to new technologies that can turn data into
> > things and things into data. Digital fabrication will let people build
> > custom home furniture, living organs out of cells, and drones that can
> > fly out of a printer; science fiction is becoming industrial fact.
> > NEIL GERSHENFELD is a Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of
> > Technology and the head of MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms.
> Going back to the photocopier analogy...I have this terrible urge to
> scan and 3D print my own butt. :D
> On Oct 10, 12:59 pm, Have Blue <haveb...@airsoldier.com> wrote:
> > I almost forgot to share this article from last week - the 3D printing
> > community has mused about the possibility of manufacturers making STL
> > files available so that customers can print their own replacement parts,
> > and it looks like we now have the first instance of that happening:
> http://www.wired.com/design/2012/09/synthesizer-lets-you-3-d-print-yo...
> > > In recent decades, the world has been rocked by revolutions in the
> > > digitization of computation and communication. Now the physical world
> > > is being digitized, thanks to new technologies that can turn data into
> > > things and things into data. Digital fabrication will let people build
> > > custom home furniture, living organs out of cells, and drones that can
> > > fly out of a printer; science fiction is becoming industrial fact.
> > > NEIL GERSHENFELD is a Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of
> > > Technology and the head of MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms.
> Going back to the photocopier analogy...I have this terrible urge to
> scan and 3D print my own butt. :D
> On Oct 10, 12:59 pm, Have Blue <haveb...@airsoldier.com> wrote:
>> I almost forgot to share this article from last week - the 3D printing
>> community has mused about the possibility of manufacturers making STL
>> files available so that customers can print their own replacement parts,
>> and it looks like we now have the first instance of that happening:http://www.wired.com/design/2012/09/synthesizer-lets-you-3-d-print-yo...
On Wednesday, October 10, 2012 2:30:26 PM UTC-5, haveblue wrote:
> I imagine that will be the output of the very first virus that targets > the Makerbot...
> On 10/10/2012 1:30 PM, Shane wrote: > > Going back to the photocopier analogy...I have this terrible urge to > > scan and 3D print my own butt. :D
> > On Oct 10, 12:59 pm, Have Blue <haveb...@airsoldier.com> wrote: > >> I almost forgot to share this article from last week - the 3D printing > >> community has mused about the possibility of manufacturers making STL > >> files available so that customers can print their own replacement > parts, > >> and it looks like we now have the first instance of that happening:
> http://www.wired.com/design/2012/09/synthesizer-lets-you-3-d-print-yo...
On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 6:38 PM, Ed Hagopian <edhagop...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I... have never wanted to go back to my nefarious hacker days so badly as
> I do right now......
> On Wednesday, October 10, 2012 2:30:26 PM UTC-5, haveblue wrote:
>> I imagine that will be the output of the very first virus that targets
>> the Makerbot...
>> On 10/10/2012 1:30 PM, Shane wrote:
>> > Going back to the photocopier analogy...I have this terrible urge to
>> > scan and 3D print my own butt. :D
>> >>> Article Summary and Bio:
>> >>> In recent decades, the world has been rocked by revolutions in the
>> >>> digitization of computation and communication. Now the physical world
>> >>> is being digitized, thanks to new technologies that can turn data
>> into
>> >>> things and things into data. Digital fabrication will let people
>> build
>> >>> custom home furniture, living organs out of cells, and drones that
>> can
>> >>> fly out of a printer; science fiction is becoming industrial fact.
>> >>> NEIL GERSHENFELD is a Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of
>> >>> Technology and the head of MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms.
>> >>> His TED presentation in 2006:
>> >>> http://www.ted.com/talks/neil_**gershenfeld_on_fab_labs.html<http://www.ted.com/talks/neil_gershenfeld_on_fab_labs.html>
>> >>> And associated links:
>> >>> # _*Website:* Neil Gershenfeld at MIT_ <http://ng.cba.mit.edu/>
>> >>> # _*Website:* The Center for Bits and Atoms_ <http://cba.mit.edu/>
>> >>> # _*Website:* Fab Central_ <http://fab.cba.mit.edu/>
>> >>> # _*Wikipedia:* Neil Gershenfeld_
>> >>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**Neil_Gershenfeld<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Gershenfeld>>
On Wednesday, October 10, 2012 6:43:04 PM UTC-5, Kevin Crowley wrote:
> I am not sure I can handle the image of hacking Shane's Dairy Air
> On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 6:38 PM, Ed Hagopian <edhag...@gmail.com<javascript:>
> > wrote:
>> I... have never wanted to go back to my nefarious hacker days so badly as >> I do right now......
>> On Wednesday, October 10, 2012 2:30:26 PM UTC-5, haveblue wrote:
>>> I imagine that will be the output of the very first virus that targets >>> the Makerbot...
>>> On 10/10/2012 1:30 PM, Shane wrote: >>> > Going back to the photocopier analogy...I have this terrible urge to >>> > scan and 3D print my own butt. :D
>>> >>> Article Summary and Bio: >>> >>> In recent decades, the world has been rocked by revolutions in the >>> >>> digitization of computation and communication. Now the physical >>> world >>> >>> is being digitized, thanks to new technologies that can turn data >>> into >>> >>> things and things into data. Digital fabrication will let people >>> build >>> >>> custom home furniture, living organs out of cells, and drones that >>> can >>> >>> fly out of a printer; science fiction is becoming industrial fact. >>> >>> NEIL GERSHENFELD is a Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of >>> >>> Technology and the head of MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms. >>> >>> His TED presentation in 2006: >>> >>> http://www.ted.com/talks/neil_**gershenfeld_on_fab_labs.html<http://www.ted.com/talks/neil_gershenfeld_on_fab_labs.html> >>> >>> And associated links: >>> >>> # _*Website:* Neil Gershenfeld at MIT_ <http://ng.cba.mit.edu/> >>> >>> # _*Website:* The Center for Bits and Atoms_ <http://cba.mit.edu/> >>> >>> # _*Website:* Fab Central_ <http://fab.cba.mit.edu/> >>> >>> # _*Wikipedia:* Neil Gershenfeld_ >>> >>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**Neil_Gershenfeld<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Gershenfeld>>
On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 6:56 PM, Ed Hagopian <edhagop...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I would only use the finest quality butts to infect the worlds 3d
> printers.....
> On Wednesday, October 10, 2012 6:43:04 PM UTC-5, Kevin Crowley wrote:
>> I am not sure I can handle the image of hacking Shane's Dairy Air
>> On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 6:38 PM, Ed Hagopian <edhag...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I... have never wanted to go back to my nefarious hacker days so badly
>>> as I do right now......
>>> On Wednesday, October 10, 2012 2:30:26 PM UTC-5, haveblue wrote:
>>>> I imagine that will be the output of the very first virus that targets
>>>> the Makerbot...
>>>> On 10/10/2012 1:30 PM, Shane wrote:
>>>> > Going back to the photocopier analogy...I have this terrible urge to
>>>> > scan and 3D print my own butt. :D
>>>> >>> Article Summary and Bio:
>>>> >>> In recent decades, the world has been rocked by revolutions in the
>>>> >>> digitization of computation and communication. Now the physical
>>>> world
>>>> >>> is being digitized, thanks to new technologies that can turn data
>>>> into
>>>> >>> things and things into data. Digital fabrication will let people
>>>> build
>>>> >>> custom home furniture, living organs out of cells, and drones that
>>>> can
>>>> >>> fly out of a printer; science fiction is becoming industrial fact.
>>>> >>> NEIL GERSHENFELD is a Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of
>>>> >>> Technology and the head of MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms.
>>>> >>> His TED presentation in 2006:
>>>> >>> http://www.ted.com/talks/neil_****gershenfeld_on_fab_labs.html<http://www.ted.com/talks/neil_gershenfeld_on_fab_labs.html>
>>>> >>> And associated links:
>>>> >>> # _*Website:* Neil Gershenfeld at MIT_ <http://ng.cba.mit.edu/>
>>>> >>> # _*Website:* The Center for Bits and Atoms_ <http://cba.mit.edu/>
>>>> >>> # _*Website:* Fab Central_ <http://fab.cba.mit.edu/>
>>>> >>> # _*Wikipedia:* Neil Gershenfeld_
>>>> >>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/****Neil_Gershenfeld<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Gershenfeld>>
