Conferece survey in Brazil about on open-source and/or affordable digital manufacturing technologies

[Arnaldo Luis Lixandrão Filho]

Hi All,

I´m from a research center in Brazil and member of NextFab Organization.
Please read the text below and you will understand the importance for the
users of this list.

The NextFab Organization exists to promote the advancement and accessibility
of the technology known as "personal fabrication". The NextFab Organization
has grown out of the Fab at Home project. Fab at Home is a project dedicated to
making and using fabbers - machines that can make almost anything, right on
your desktop. This website provides everything you need to know in order to
build or buy your own simple fabber, and to use it to print three
dimensional objects. The hardware designs and software on this website are
free and open-source. Once you have your own fabber, you can also download
and print various items, try out new materials, or upload and share your own
projects. Advanced users can modify and improve the fabber itself.

Fabbers (a.k.a. 3D printers or rapid prototyping machines) are a relatively
new form of manufacturing that builds 3D objects by carefully depositing
materials drop by drop, layer by layer. With the right set of materials and
a geometric blueprint, you can fabricate complex objects that would normally
take special resources, tools and skills if produced using conventional
manufacturing techniques. A fabber can allow you to explore new designs,
email physical objects to other fabber owners, and most importantly - set
your ideas free. Just as MP3s, iPods and the Internet have freed musical
talent, we hope that blueprints and fabbers will democratize innovation.

Most commercial 3D Printers today are limited to one material at a time, and
their proprietary technologies limit experimentation. Moreover, their price
range - tens of thousands, to hundreds of thousands of dollars - is
typically well beyond what an average home user can afford. Our goal with
this open-source, multi-material printing is to explore the potential of
universal fabrication: Machines that can use multiple materials to fabricate
complete, active systems.

NextFab Organization and the Brazilian government's Renato Archer Center for
Information Technologies are planning a conference on open-source and/or
affordable digital manufacturing technologies - including Fab at Home, RepRap,
hobby CNC, Blender, etc. - to be held in 2010. The goal is to bring together
users, developers, and producers of these technologies to share ideas for
new applications and technical advances, learn about the latest software and
hardware systems, and discuss and develop future direction. To help improve
the quality of the conference, please participate in our survey about
conference logistics and content...

Please it's important that you fill the survey. The link is below:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/725Q8KC


Best Regards,
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Arnaldo Luis Lixandrão Filho
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Centro de Tecnologia da Informação Renato Archer - CTI
Divisão de Tecnologias Tridimensionais - DT3D
Rod. SP 65 km 143,6 – Campinas/SP
CEP: 13069-901 - Amarais
Fone: (19) 3746-6231 / Fax: (19) 3746-6204
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NextFab Organization
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skype/voipraider: arnaldo.fisica
mobile: +55 - 19 - 9695-9076
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