From: John Jolly (jollyjohnd@gmail.com)
Date: Thu Jan 11 2007 - 17:06:03 EET
"Can any system slower than the ModelMaker make it in the marketplace?"
I'm not too familiar with the modelmaker but I think the Fab@Home project
has potential to make it into the marketplace because of the price. A lot
of "do it at home" hobby enthusiasts will build this. I even considered
this, but I rent a room in an apt with no garage so that makes it
difficult. But the desire is there, it would be one of the 'ultimate cool'
hobby projects. To make something that allows you to make your own designs
from plastic or other soft materials.
Plus, it's one of the first renditions what I consider true "Open Source
Hardware" and that excites me very much. Their have been other examples of
"Open Source Hardware" OSH, like the Simputer and the Children's Machine (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_hardware), but to me, this is closer to
OSH.
Heck, I get all antsy and excited just talking about it.
John
On 1/11/07, joepuska@iwon.com <joepuska@iwon.com> wrote:
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> --- On Wed 01/10, John Jolly < jollyjohnd@gmail.com > wrote:
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> From: John Jolly [mailto: jollyjohnd@gmail.com]
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> To: rp-ml@rapid.lpt.fi
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> Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 22:09:55 -0800
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> Subject: [rp-ml] Fab@Home
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> http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/dn10922-desktop-fabricator-may-kickstart-home-revolution.html
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> http://www.fabathome.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_PageI just heard about
> this Fab@Home build it yourself kit that apparently will sell for $2400.
> "We think it's a similar story to computers," he explains. "Mainframes
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> he notes: "We hope Fab@Home can do the same for rapid prototyping." - From
> NewScientist articleThe New Scientist article also mentions the RepRap by
> Adrian Bowyer.Here's to the ever increasing field of RP/RM and ease of
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