[ELECTRON] FW: RepRapUp

[magnus lawrie]

   For your info…

   From: Chris Speed
   Sent: 14 March 2011 22:39
   To: Staff
   Subject: RepRapUp

   Dear friends and makers,
   RepRapUp
   19th/20th March, Inspace, 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh
   On the weekend of the 19th / 20th March, a group of technical midwives
   will begin assembling the parts of a 3D printing machine that were
   printed by its ‘mother’ at University College London in February of
   this year.
   The build is part of the PayItForward   – Altruistic 3D printing
   project. Basically it means that someone with a Rep Rap 3D printer
   commits to printing the parts for another party. When assembled, with
   some extra bits and pieces, it means that another printer is made. From
   this new printer the team are expected to print further parts for
   another team – and so on until everybody has a Rep Rap in their
   kitchen!
   The build will begin from 12:00 midday on the Saturday and continue
   throughout the night until 12:00 midday on the Sunday when (if all
   things go to plan) we should be able to print ourselves a cup from
   which to drink some champagne!
   On the Saturday evening we have three short talks to explore the
   implications of 3d printing and the emerging ‘making’ culture as
   society develops its first generation of ‘prosumers’ (Tofler 1980).
   Tofler describes ‘prosumers’ as a possible future type of consumer who
   may become involved in the design and manufacture of products, so they
   could be made to individual specification. Tofler argued that we would
   then no longer be a passive market upon which industry dumped consumer
   goods but a part of the creative process.
   Talks will be by Andy Law, Chris Speed and Holli Cooper and will begin
   at 8pm.
   Visit [1]http://reprap.cottagelabs.com/ for more info.
   RepRapUp is supported by the Design/Informatics Research Programme. The
   Programme seeks to identify and encourage new collaborations between
   the areas of design and informatics. It is focused around the School of
   Informatics at the University of Edinburgh and the School of Design at
   Edinburgh College of Art, but it also looks more widely to develop
   collaborations with other parts of the University and the College that
   have relationships with these areas.
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Edinburgh College of Art (eca) is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC009
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References

   1. http://reprap.cottagelabs.com/