Comments on: DIY Fabrication http://www.tangentspace.net/cz/archives/2007/08/diy-fabrication/ somewhere near the beginning. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:48:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Some scummy person http://www.tangentspace.net/cz/archives/2007/08/diy-fabrication/#comment-197035 Some scummy person Sun, 26 Aug 2007 03:34:40 +0000 http://www.tangentspace.net/cz/archives/2007/08/diy-fabrication#comment-197035 Yes, you've stumbled onto the future. Graphics programming was always the most satisfying, because you get visual feedback when you've done a good job. But doing things with fabbers (and robotics in general) gives you PHYSICAL feedback. This is like the PC industry when it was in it's infancy (just like Bill Gates said in Scientific American recently). I think there is just one more piece that needs to be added: robots/fabbers that modify/extend/maintain your primary dwelling. That way, you don't just get physical feedback, you get something that you can actually use from day to day in your life, and in the life of your family. Yes, you’ve stumbled onto the future. Graphics programming was always the most satisfying, because you get visual feedback when you’ve done a good job. But doing things with fabbers (and robotics in general) gives you PHYSICAL feedback. This is like the PC industry when it was in it’s infancy (just like Bill Gates said in Scientific American recently).

I think there is just one more piece that needs to be added: robots/fabbers that modify/extend/maintain your primary dwelling. That way, you don’t just get physical feedback, you get something that you can actually use from day to day in your life, and in the life of your family.

]]> By: rod. http://www.tangentspace.net/cz/archives/2007/08/diy-fabrication/#comment-196842 rod. Sat, 25 Aug 2007 18:37:20 +0000 http://www.tangentspace.net/cz/archives/2007/08/diy-fabrication#comment-196842 Alex, Great post! If I were at Tech right now, I'd go for it! 250 USD each sounds affordable for such a cool idea. Good luck in your venture! Alex,

Great post! If I were at Tech right now, I’d go for it! 250 USD each sounds affordable for such a cool idea. Good luck in your venture!

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