Mike Doty organized this topic.
http://fab.cba.mit.edu/
Running Notes
MIT Course on "how to make just about anything"
Wearable computing with machines which can integrate circuitry and sewing technologies
Also, check out the Fab Academy.
Mike Doty is looking to make an "open source" fab shop in California
Water cutter is an interesting technology
Z-Corp's 3d printer can do burnout.
CnC mill
Woodsmetal is a really low-temperature alloy. Used in old sprinklers. Can use it for low voltage systems to create circuitry printed into equipment.
Writing a trace with conductive ink and then plating it into something that is useful.
RapidPrototyper is a 3d addiive printer, as opposed to things which cut parts away from a big starting slab
Software
Salad works is a good software
Blender can export STL files but it is not very good as a CAD, it is more for things like 3d graphic artwork
ShopBot and FabLab both have opensource software products
Others include Omax, MasterCAM
NIST has good open source gCode stuff available
Weird Materials
Chocolate
Sugar
Pasta (Fabaroni)
What available resources are there for free parts models
Squid has many 3d models in 3ds
RepRap has many available bloggers around
Attendees
James A. Barkley
Mike Doty
Peter Milford
Eric Bauswell
Scott Elofson
Kevin Braithwaite
Eric Gradman
Simone Syed
Cameron Colby Thomson
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