Weizenbaum. Rebel at Work.
<a href="http://www.ilmarefilm.org/W_D_1.htm">documentary on Joseph Weizenbaum</a>
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Nowadays, security guys break the Mac every single day. Every single day, they come out with a total exploit, your machine can be taken over totally. I dare anybody to do that once a month on the Windows machine.
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This place has the pregnant feel of the swapfests in Silicon Valley back in the 80’s, when all the big companies were just being founded and starting up…except magnified by 25 years of progress in Moore’s Law and the speed of information flow via the Internet.
RepRap
Replicating Rapid-prototyper / 3D printer
RepRap will make plastic, ceramic, or metal parts, and is itself made from plastic parts, so it will be able to make copies of itself. [...]
The RepRap build cost will be less than $400 US for the bought – in materials…
Also, the RepRap software will work on all computer platforms for free. Complete open-source instructions and plans are published on this website for zero cost and available to everyone so, if you want to make one yourself, you can.
*exciting
Zink’s teeny tiny printers
The portable printer from start-up Zink is about the size of an iPod. It prints 2×3 inch pictures, but larger formats will be available in the future. The printer has no ink cartridges, which enables the small size. Crystals in the special paper change from transparent to colored when heated. / Credit: Zink
Tiny Printer / Zink