Designing Reality: How to Survive and Thrive in the Third Digital Revolution

ISBN-13: 9780465093472 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 304 str.

Neil Gershenfeld; Alan Gershenfeld; Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld

Opis

What if anyone could make (almost) anything? That's the promise, and peril, of the third digital revolution.

Two digital revolutions-in computing and communication- have radically transformed our economy and lives. A third digital revolution is upon us, in fabrication. Beyond the hype around 3D printers, digital fabrication technologies are exponentially accelerating in capability-community fab labs will be followed by digital personal fabrication and, ultimately, universal replicators straight out of Star Trek. While advances in digital fabrication promise self-sufficient cities and the ability of anyone to make (almost) anything, the technology could exacerbate current inequalities and environmental stress. The first two digital revolutions caught most of the world flat-footed; thanks to Designing Reality that won't be true this time.