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Low-cost, home-built 3-D printer could launch a revolution, say Cornell engineers

The Altair 8800, introduced in the early 1970s, was the first computer you could build at home from a kit. It was crude, didn’t do much, but many historians would say that it launched the desktop computer revolution. Hod Lipson, Cornell assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, thinks a little machine he calls a Fab@Home may have the same impact. Read the rest of this entry »

2006: Year in Review

January 10th, 2007