Neil Gershenfeld of MIT says a revolution is on the horizon for manufacturing -- that existing technologies and tools can bring capabilities once only held by huge factories down to the personal level.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5008294
Geek stuff is cool.
I'd love to have one of those. I think the progress of invention would increase to an unbelievable rate...
The down side is that a lot of manufacturing companies would go out of business... Or turn into "design" companies.
once they start talking about star trek and replicators, there was no doubt i was listening in a geek talk :lol:
Our country abandoned manufacturing and it's workforce years ago.
When the American people decide they want quality over quantity, we'll be waiting...
Regards,
The American machinist.