Designing reality
Subtitle: how to survive and thrive in the third digital revolution
By: Neil Gershenfeld, Alan Gershenfeld, Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld
Contributors: Gershenfeld, Alan, author; Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Joel, author
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780465093472; 9780465093489
Subjects: Social aspects; Forecasting; Manufacturing industries; Three-dimensional printing
Description: "That's the promise, and peril, of the third digital revolution, where anyone will be able to make (almost) anything. Two digital revolutions--computing and communication--have radically transformed our economy and lives. A third digital revolution is here: fabrication. Today's 3D printers are only the start of a trend, accelerating exponentially, to turn data into objects: Neil Gershenfeld and his collaborators ultimately aim to create a universal replicator straight out of Star Trek. While digital fabrication promises us self-sufficient cities and the ability to make (almost) anything, it could also lead to massive inequality. The first two digital revolutions caught most of the world flat-footed, thanks to Designing Reality that won't be true this time."--Goodreads.com.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: How to make (almost) anything : Fabrication ; Education ; Application ; Implication ; Organization; title: How to (almost) make anything : Fab access ; Fab literacy ; Enabling ecosystems ; Mitigating risk ; Grand challenges; title: The science : From Moore's Law to Lass' Law ; Communication, computation, fabrication ; Four billion years of digitization ; Intelligent design; title: The social science : Moore's Law versus Lass' Law ; Reactive versus proactive social science ; Rates of change ; Ecosystems ; Propagate versus scale; title: The roadmap : Community fabrication: 1 to 1,000 ; Personal fabrication: 1,000 to 1,000,000 ; Universal fabrication: 1,000,000 to 1,000,000,000 ; Ubiquitous fabrication: 1,000,000,000 to 1,000,000,000,000; title: The opportunity : How to envision (almost) anything ; Predictive transformation ; Assembling assemblers and pancake breakfasts; title: Conclusion : goals and recommendation; title: Epilogue.