Fab@Home Model 2: Towards Ubiquitous Personal Fabrication Devices
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Date
2009-09
Authors
Lipton, Jeffrey I.
Cohen, Daniel
Heinz, Michael
Lobovsky, Maxim
Parad, Warren
Bernstein, Garrett
Li, Tianyou
Quartiere, Justin
Washington, Kamaal
Umaru, Abdul-Aziz
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University of Texas at Austin
Abstract
The open-architecture, open-source Fab@Home platform has proven to be an important system within the SFF community. In order to facilitate wider spread of the Fab@Home platform and SFF throughout the world, we aimed to improve critical aspects of the system, and business model. By changing the electronics package and streamlining the mechanics, the cost of the system was brought from $2500 to $1600. By changing the business model we hope to transform the SFF market and spur innovation.