Comments on: Start your own FabLab: $1,499 http://blog.ted.com/2009/10/23/start_your_own/ The TED Blog shares interesting news about TED, TEDTalks video, the TED Prize and more. Tue, 21 May 2013 09:11:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: The Condition of the Condition (B-Space Outline #2) | http://blog.ted.com/2009/10/23/start_your_own/comment-page-1/#comment-16286 Wed, 08 Aug 2012 19:06:43 +0000 http://blog-staging.ted.com/2009/10/start_your_own/#comment-16286 [...] behaviors we want to see,” a player would be eligible to establish a Holon after building a FabLab, or one of its components, like a 3d printer, for example (either on his/her own, or as part of [...]

]]> By: Peter Haas http://blog.ted.com/2009/10/23/start_your_own/comment-page-1/#comment-2448 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog-staging.ted.com/2009/10/start_your_own/#comment-2448 For the money I’ll take some elbow grease and a moded chinese mill on the cutting side. It will handle jobs in stainless or bronze.

And honestly what good is a fab set up without a 3-D scanner and printer?

For the geeky weekend project with solid results:
http://revision3.com/systm/laserscan

and for the more industrious:
http://homemade3dprinter.blogspot.com/2009/10/did-i-say-it-prints-3d-objects.html

(ok so it can’t print its own parts like RepRap, but you can use it in a NYC apartment without having to worry about VOCs, and just look at that detail!)

]]> By: John Marshall http://blog.ted.com/2009/10/23/start_your_own/comment-page-1/#comment-2449 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog-staging.ted.com/2009/10/start_your_own/#comment-2449 Lol, Peter.

I guess this is safe to say this won’t be one of your Christmas gift ideas] for family and friends. It isn’t really that bad is it?

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