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Neil Gershenfeld also has some books out: I read “When Things Start to Think”, it’s pretty hardcore at some points (quantum computers n stuff), but other parts are easily readable and just really interesting. Cool stuff!
I’m sure it is Nielsbom! This idea of it being possible to programme millions of microscopic computers to form themselves into any shape is pretty amazing – getting much closer to the Star Trek replicator actually…!
sounds great!let’s try to do it!
Great stuff. I need one of those machines. Hope Santa can bring me one in December!
Yes, let’s try to do it!
Yes, let’s have one by December!
http://ideasexist.com/project-1-buy-a-fab-lab/
That 8 year old ghanaian will feed herself and her family for weeks with that circuit board, what a fantastic idea!
$20,000 worth of food or life saving drugs OR a multi-coloured van with a laptop and a power drill.
Or $20,000 worth of equipment to make more equipment for farming and making medical equipment.
Thanx for posting this! I hope more people would be aware os such opportunities… I’m trying to set a new Fablab in my home city, a small unimportant dry city in Northern Mexico… Its so funny to see how the government can spend millions in silly things while only 20,000USD can make so many people happy…
I hope one day I can give you the good news when I finally get the necessary funding 😀
So.. Mr Duncan, you seem an interesting human being hehe lets be in touch, u got my email.
Hola Javier, thanks for your enthusiasm! If you can help spread the word and get people to sign up to this pledge – http://www.pledgebank.com/Fab-Lab – maybe the crowdfunding will help bring a FabLab to your town!
Read more at http://ideasexist.com/project-1-buy-a-fab-lab/
How does an entire FabLab only cost $20k when the very first item on the MIT inventory list is a $16-20k laser cutter? Followed by a $20k shopbot and then a $5k mill, etc. etc. You could maybe make some headway if you used some low-cost open source options like the Makerbot (<$1k), but for example on the MIT website they only reference high dollar industrial 3D printers ($15k). http://fab.cba.mit.edu/content/tools/
(They do link to their Fabaroni DIY 3D printer project, but the site is incomplete and lacks full documentation)
This is still a cool idea, but you should keep the expectations realistic on what you can purchase with $20k.
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