Maker. Bot FUTURE @Maker. Bot @Bre Affordable Open Source 3 D printer Industrial Revolution 2
What happens as Maker. Bot continues to succeed? • • • Kids of today will grow up designing and printing the things that they want instead of shopping for them. Kids of today will innovate at home. Kids of today will bring about a renaissance in design and engineering.
Industrial Revolution 1: Centralized Manufacturing
Industrial Revolution 2 Distributed manufacturing You can have a making machine on your desktop growing things Layer By Layer
IR 2 = You will go to the store a lot less. Things: Lots. Of. Things. (You won’t have to wear trenchcoats and you’ll be able to get more things on demand than just guns)
IR 2 = Home Based Innovation. Not just for elite institutions. UR mom is making measuring spoons to make cupcakes. Credit: Will Langford
IR 2 = Instant Worldwide Distribution Teleportation via Internet! Credit: Zaggo
IR 2 = A renaissance in design and engineering. Practical and Beautiful objects! Design by Starno - Copy and photo by Worldgnat
IR 2 = Open Source • Build on others work to customize it, make it better and share it back. • The ethical culture of open source has spread to hardware and spawned the free culture movement. • Sharing is a major component of IR 2.
IR 2 = A culture of sharing
R 2 = You can make anything you want! Photo: Jason Scott
R 2 = Greener - PLA is a green plastic made from Corn Photo: Nophead
R 2 = Dynamic and Parametric Objects Programmed by Wizard 23
IR 2 = Just in time manufacturing Engagement ring by Fynflood
IR 2 = It will taste good. Frostruder MK 1 - Frostruder MK 2 is just coming out of prototype stage and it uses pneumatics!
IR 2 - Replicate things you like. 3 D Scanner coming soon! (washer-dryer combo) Credit: Unfold
IR 2 = community participation and celebration
IR 2 = Consumerism Shifter Imagine growing up knowing that you didn’t have to buy everything, but that you could just design or download and make everything.
Maker. Bot Industries gives you the tools to make almost anything.
The future is here. Make the Future. http: //makerbot. com @makerbot @bre