Desktop manufacturing

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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.

[edit] See also

• Solid freeform fabrication
• Rapid prototyping
• Digital fabricator
• Rapid prototyping
• Von Neumann machine

[edit] References

• The Dream Factory, Wired
• 'Gadget printer' promises industrial revolution New Scientist
• Desktop manufacturing
• 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