Today's first presentation was from Neil Gershenfeld, from the Center for Bits and Atoms, MIT which is a group of 20
scientists incuding biologists, chemists, physicists, mathematicians, various kinds of engineers.
The state-of-the-art fabrication is not at 10 billion chip plant but at the
ribosome. That's the insight. The ribosome is the living proof for the digitization of fabrication. Computers not
controlling tools but computers as tools.
He shows some of the students that first applied to attend the class on the subject of personal fabrication
(How to Make Almost Anything). Their
projects are fun stuff stuff like the Screambody,
Interpet Explorer, Defensive Dressing and
an alarm clock that you have to wrestle with to prove you're awake. Some practical examples are the personal
fabrication labs created in places like Ghana, India.
His new book on the subject is
FAB The Coming Revolution on Your Desktop.
Here's a recent article about Neil's work:
How to make (almost)
anything
