Desktop manufacturing

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.

ee also

* Solid freeform fabrication
* Rapid prototyping
* RepRap
* Digital fabricator
* Von Neumann machine

References

* [http://www.l-vma.org The Low-Volume Manufacturers Association] Features, News & Profiles of Companies and Executives
* [http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.12/view.html?pg=4 The Dream Factory, "Wired"]
* [http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn3238 'Gadget printer' promises industrial revolution "New Scientist"]
* [http://www.smalltimes.com/document_display.cfm?section_id=46&document_id=6413 Punch "PRINT" for anything you want]
* [http://reprap.org The RepRap Project: Creating wealth without money...]
* [http://www.3dreplicators.com The Clanking Replicator Project: Bootstrap your own self-replicating, rapid prototyping machine]
* [http://www.fabathome.org/ The Fab@Home Desktop Fabber Kit Project]


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