Diigo Bookmarks 08/05/2008 (p.m.)

Technology Review: 3-D Printing for the Masses

From p.2 of this article:
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“Ultimately, I think people will have these [3-D rapid prototyping] printers at home,” says Lipson. The idea is that people will pay a nominal amount for blueprints and then download them, in much the same way that music is shared over the Internet now, he says.
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Exciting, especially in relation to Larry Lessig’s REMIX ideas — see his TED presentation, 11/07, where he talks about culture getting the creative remix treatment. Having RPT technology enter the home-use market means manufacturing will get that same treatment. Interesting days ahead…

tags: mit_techreview, rapid_prototyping, 3-d_modeling, 3-d_printing, remix_culture, shapeways

Pattern Recognition: Latest Trends (July 08) | PSFK – Trends, Ideas & Inspiration

PSFK’s round-up of trends (recent, 2008). Top of the heap in the list: lists, aka data (how to sort, how to represent, how to use); next, urbanism (varieties).

tags: psfk, trends, 2008

San Francisco & Entrepeneurialism | Marktd

I watched this video a couple of days ago (via PSFK’s Twitter feed), and loved the emphases brought to light by the interviews.

– Entrepreneurs liked the density of the city — the ability to encounter colleagues by chance, run into folks, rub shoulders;
– Some talked about liking the “small” aspects of San Francisco: that there isn’t *so* much going on to distract one’s attention from the tasks (work) at hand

I thought that latter point was kind of intriguing, something to remember when someone once again goes off on how it’s such a bad thing that *this* isn’t as happening a place as NYC or Toronto.

tags: entrepeneurialism, psfk, cities, san_francisco, socialnetworks