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  1. Re:Why are we still moving heads back and forth? by Nefarious+Wheel · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Seagate Announces 750GB Hard Drives
    Yes, and the Xerox Sigma 7's had them around 1970 or so. everything a long time ago was expensive and had poor track density, so that's not much of an argument.

    The idea here is that you might be able to make a monolithic head using MOS techniques and cheap-up the manufacturing process. The surface area of a 2.5" HDD is so small, we're not talking about a huge acreage of silicon. And the magnetic coils you would need are just little round circuits, aren't they? I'd have thought that would be amenable to some form of photo etch fab process. If you had to go 3D you might even use a fabber (3D printer, see http://www.ennex.com/ ) for much of it.

  2. Automated Fabrication by randall_burns · · Score: 1 · on Envisioning the Desktop Fabricator

    Check out the stuff Marshall Burns has done at Ennex. He wrote a book(now out of print) titled Automated Fabrication that outlined the state of the art in this area several years ago.

  3. shades of ubiquitous manufacturing by boutell · · Score: 1 · on Downloadable Origami Motorcycles

    This will do until I get my fabber.

  4. Decentralized Manufacturing by randall_burns · · Score: 1 · on Where Are The Edges Of Today's Technology World?
    One of the more interesting recent developments IMHO are advances in decentralized manufacturing. This isn't as dramatic as what the Wright Brothers did-but I suspect it will have quite a bit of impact on the structure of the US economy in 50 years. This stuff is right now at the point where fax machines were in the early 60's--stuff exists and is being used, but is clunkly, unreliable and expansive.


    Robotics and biotech are other obvious candidates for areas where some serious technical advancements are taking place.

  5. A somewhat different approach by randall_burns · · Score: 3, Insightful · on Open Source Finally Hits Real Silicon
    Chuck Moore has been doing forth chip design for a while. His chip design software and Forth development system is public domain, but he hasn't Open Sourced his CPU designs yet. What makes his designs important IMHO is that they are very simple compared to conventional chip designs-which makes them appropriate for things like very low power consumption and makes it possible for one person to understand/implement their design.


    Part of what makes Open Source hardware important is that Open Source designs are what will actually be implemented as small scale manufacturing becomes more practical. There are various proposals around for doing manufacturing of chips using rather different processes than we are used to today(i.e. "growing" chips in a chemical medium). What these ultimately take us towards is robotic infrastructure that can be remotely controlled and is as "self-replicating" as a lathe or a blacksmith's shop.

  6. - 1 troll == article. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful · on Free Software And Its Revolutionary Social Implications

    Maybe it is time we get to moderate the editors as well. This article is nothing but a meta story about a list.

    This is not about discussion but about cold ware politics. It is very close to calling linux a communist OS. (Hmm, it is used in china?) the word "marx" and capitalism are used so much, but only to trigger response.

    i.e.
    Another important factor is that capitalism is in deep crisis.
    how does that relate to free or open software? NOT. Free or open software is about coding, not about freedom of speech, or software that cost nothing (if you do not value your time).

    the only useful thing in the whole artilce is the fabber link. Now that was stuff i did not hear of.

    --posted as ac because i am ashamed i reacted to the troll.

  7. 3d copying, digital fabbing by Kraft · · Score: 2 · on The Law And Nanotechnology

    If you can use nanotechnology to copy anything and then share the "plans" with friends who can use nanotechnology to make copies of their own, is it like Napster for the material world?
    This is already an issue. Digital fabbers (3d copy machines) are being produced by companies like Ennex. Check their faq for info, like fabbing in full color (pictures) and discussions on fabbing food 8-)
  8. 3d copying, digital fabbing by Kraft · · Score: 2 · on The Law And Nanotechnology

    If you can use nanotechnology to copy anything and then share the "plans" with friends who can use nanotechnology to make copies of their own, is it like Napster for the material world?
    This is already an issue. Digital fabbers (3d copy machines) are being produced by companies like Ennex. Check their faq for info, like fabbing in full color (pictures) and discussions on fabbing food 8-)
  9. 3d copying, digital fabbing by Kraft · · Score: 2 · on The Law And Nanotechnology

    If you can use nanotechnology to copy anything and then share the "plans" with friends who can use nanotechnology to make copies of their own, is it like Napster for the material world?
    This is already an issue. Digital fabbers (3d copy machines) are being produced by companies like Ennex. Check their faq for info, like fabbing in full color (pictures) and discussions on fabbing food 8-)
  10. P2P and Fabbers by jameshowison · · Score: 1 · on Hemos & CmdrTaco @ O'Reilly P2P Conference
    This conference is going to be fun:)

    We're going to give a presentation on the implications of P2P file-sharing technologies for the manufacturing industry as "Fabbers" come online.

    Fabbers are solid imagers or basically 3D printers capable of printing out CAD files.

    If you thought that the record industry is getting pissed off - imagine what will happen when you can trade rolex.fab files!

    Check it out (Links to all sorts of Fabber stuff.)

    Looking forward to the Collaborative Journalism forum for sure. Came from Australia to do this conference! Cheers James