India: "Open, Digital DIY manufacturing across countries and cultures"
(originally posted here)
Marco Fioretti's blog
Digital DIY in the new Comunificadora edition
Farewell from the DiDIY Project
Please sign the Digital DIY Manifesto!
Do It Yourself – DIY – happens when people and communities just go ahead and make something for themselves, without waiting for a professional or for permission. Digital DIY is the huge boost to this activity – and the associated ‘can do’ mindset – facilitated by digital technologies, through the sharing of designs, tools, support, and inspiration.
Digital DIY tools that "make an entrepreneur of every maker"
When 3D printing meets the assembly line...
One of the main limitations of 3D printing is its "slowness". Often, though, this is an issue only when one actually needs to manufacture many identical copies of the same object. Still, it is an issue.
“3d Printing Will Be Able to Mature in Places Where Production Infrastructure Is Broken”
Digital inventory outsourcing = open, collaborative making?
From Fabbaloo, an introduction to two companies that are making "digital inventory" a reality:
Coming soon: Quick, Distributed, on demand Support for DiDIY
What's better (and next?) than Digital DIY? Sharing capacity for Digital DIY, of course! From the interview with Fictiv CEO Dave Evans "Is 3D Printing about to Eat the World?":
What makes the 3D printing industry particularly interesting for women?
