ARDUINO : A MICROCONTROLLER AT THE HEART OF THE OPEN
HARDWARE MOVEMENT!
REPRAP : AN OPEN SOURCE, SELF-REPLICATING 3D PRINTER, BASED ON ARDUINO!
Emmanuel Gilloz
FOLDARAP, THE FOLDABLE REPRAP!
MAKERBOT, A MAINSTREAM 3D PRINTER BASED ON A REPRAP FRAMEWORK!
“The [media] coverage of 3D printing is like the coverage of microwave ovens in the 50s. Microwaves are useful for some things, but they didn’t replace the rest of your kitchen,”
TRADITIONAL AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCT CYCLE = 7 YEARS!WIKISPEED PRODUCT CYCLE = 7 DAYS!!THE WHOLE CAR CAN BE ENTIRELY DISMANTLED AND RE-BUILT WITHIN A FEW HOURS!
Source : http://www.wikispeed.com
LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE
Barcelona FabCity 1 Fablab per District by 2020
ZERO TO MAKER MAKER TO MAKER MAKER TO MARKET
HARDWARE ON KICKSTARTER à $2.5M in 2011 à $22.7M in 2013 = 10x increase