Neil Gershenfeld

MIT professor

interested in PF-s (Personal Fabricator-s)

http://cba.mit.edu/projects/fablab/

author Fab ISBN:0465027458 (Desktop Fab)

• http://www.nature.com/news/2005/050404/full/050404-3.html

• review which leads to SlashDot review which includes some interesting comments

• browsing a bit in store, he plays with Economic Development goals but seems mis-targeted (selling $100 of jewelry at a streetfair one afternoon is definitely a mind-shifter for the urban kids doing it, but doesn't really smell like a real ROI on $25k of hardware). Likewise his Rural Development projects could have the negative effects that Jane Jacobs has written about in Cities And The Wealth Of Nations.

http://www.impactlab.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=5150

http://wired-vig.wired.com/wired/archive/12.12/view.html?pg=4 Dec'2004

http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/gershenfeld03/gershenfeld_index.html - 2003