The Pleasure Of Making Things
Bakhtiar Mikhak
Chris Lyon
Tim Gorton
Jeff Mellen
Learning Webs Group
Learning Webs Group, MIT Media Laboratory
Overview
GOAL Making it easy for a diverse group of people to design and make their own tools and applications
TOOLKITS Modular Electronics Development Environment Collaborative Modeling Environments Intuitive programmable design environments for
computer controlled fabrication tools
Learning Webs Group, MIT Media Laboratory
The Tower System: A Modular Electronics Development Environment
Learning Webs Group, MIT Media Laboratory
The Tower System: A Modular Electronics Development Environment
flexible, extensible rapid prototyping tool customizable, modular virtual machines use in a wide range of applications
process modeling personal fabrication International development architecture – building ip / ip everywhere prototyping learning tools and activities
use in education – powerful and inexpensive
Learning Webs Group, MIT Media Laboratory
The Rabbit Tower: A Modular Electronics Development Environment
a foundation with more ram and flash storage an ethernet port and tcp/ip stack
use in a wide range of applications tabletop networking embedded web services process modeling
USPS collaborationworkplace research
Learning Webs Group, MIT Media Laboratory
Tabletop Process Modeling Toolkit
Learning Webs Group, MIT Media Laboratory
Mailflow Model
canceler DBCS 971
DBCS 892
Man 040
ISS 841
other ops
DISPATCH
USPS Collaboration
Learning Webs Group, MIT Media Laboratory
Mailflow Model
canceler DBCS 971
DBCS 892
Man 040
ISS 841
other ops
DISPATCH
USPS Collaboration
Learning Webs Group, MIT Media Laboratory
Opportunity
Putting rapid prototyping tools, such as
Laser Cutters Milling Machines Lathes 3D Printing and Modeling embroidery machines
in the hands of a large group of non-traditional users
Learning Webs Group, MIT Media Laboratory
Example: Making Movies
Learning Webs Group, MIT Media Laboratory
Example: Movies and iMovie