Fabber Unlocks Home Prototyping

From The Engineer:

Hod Lipson, Cornell assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, has developed Fab@Home, a machine that replicates objects from plans supplied by a computer. Fab@Home, or fabber, could change how consumers acquire common products, suggested Lipson. Instead of buying an iPod, the consumer would download the plans over the internet and the fabber would make one.

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