tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5163661664232815564.post175764185031200058..comments2010-06-13T23:52:32.161-07:00Dominic Murenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18268620780873177982noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5163661664232815564.post-6989926358953456412010-03-10T00:06:49.879-08:002010-03-10T00:06:49.879-08:00Cool! Great post! I met friends of yours recently! Small world!:)bre pettishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11993093443243157472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5163661664232815564.post-62625159071452206672010-03-01T12:12:08.685-08:002010-03-01T12:12:08.685-08:00Hi, really liked the article, my modest contribution to spreading Adrian Bowyers vision of decentralized manufacture assumes that I am not smart enough to redesign manufacturing entirely, so instead I want to modularize what we already do. Please take a look at http://www.cubespawn.com , Your feedback appreciated to data dot pathway at gmail, thanx!SocialCritichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15305579721646445258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5163661664232815564.post-52246045995277565652009-08-13T09:45:08.165-07:002009-08-13T09:45:08.165-07:00Great article - I&#39;m loving Humblefacture.<br /><br />I want to delve the idea of extrusion in a bit more detail.<br /><br />As a biologist who practices biomimicry for a living I can&#39;t help but look to nature for &#39;patterns&#39; that can be applied.<br /><br />In this case when you look at extruded materials in nature they are primarily lines (or threads).<br /><br />These threads are high performance composite materials that are extruded (silks, byssal threads) fairly quickly.<br /><br />Take for example a spider silk. It is extruded into a thread...yet it is the material properties of that thread where it gets a large majority of it&#39;s diversity and performance. The weaving of the spider silk into a web is dependent on the material properties of the thread itself.<br /><br />So, when I consider the maker-bot against natures extrusion I think increasing the diversity and performance of materials used is likely to have large benefits for the technology..<br /><br />If we can start to merge extrusion with self-assembling (self organizing) materials- it will open up tremendous growth for this technology. Once you can do that- then you can &#39;grow&#39; complex objects like organic solar cells, or room temperature ceramics.Tim McGeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002164813581408noreply@blogger.com