DESKTOP MANUFACTURING

'Desktop manufacturing' or 'personal fabrication' is the use of a personal computer to drive a printer that deposits (or catalyses) material in layers to form three-dimensional objects. It can be used for making prototypes or objects that have limited public demand. Neil Gershenfeld is one of the pioneers of this field.

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See also

★ Solid freeform fabrication

★ Rapid prototyping

★ Digital fabricator

★ Von Neumann machine

References

★ The Dream Factory, ''Wired''

★ 'Gadget printer' promises industrial revolution ''New Scientist''

★ Punch "PRINT" for anything you want

★ The RepRap Project: Creating wealth without money...

★ The Clanking Replicator Project: Bootstrap your own self-replicating, rapid prototyping machine

★ The Fab@Home Desktop Fabber Kit Project