Fab
The Coming Revolution on Your Desktop--from Personal Computers to Personal Fabrication
Published on 6. February 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-465-02746-0 (ISBN)
Description
What if you could someday put the manufacturing power of an automobile plant on your desktop? According to Neil Gershenfeld, the renowned MIT scientist and inventor, the next big thing is personal fabrication-the ability to design and produce your own products, in your own home, with a machine that combines consumer electronics and industrial tools. Personal fabricators are about to revolutionize the world just as personal computers did a generation ago, and Fab shows us how.
Reviews / Votes
"Gershenfeld's account of the technology's evolution is delicious. An accessible book that even non-technophiles will love. In fact, Fab should be required reading for foreign-service officers, managers in humanitarian agencies and others working to alleviate poverty." Business Week"More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
474 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-465-02746-0 (9780465027460)
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Schweitzer Classification
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Previous edition
Neil Gershenfeld
Fab
The Coming Revolution on Your Desktop - from Personal Computers to Personal Fabrication
Book
04/2005
Basic Books
€39.83
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Person
Neil Gershenfeld is the Director of MIT's centre for Bits and Atoms, and the former director of its famed Media Lab. The author of numerous technical publications, patents, and books, including When Things Start to Think, he has been featured in media such as the New York Times, The Economist, CNN, and PBS. He lives in Somerville, Massachusetts.