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contraptor.org - 11/5/2009

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Velcro City Tourist Board: Links for 4th November 2009

Futurismic: Required reading: mapping the favela

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Contraptor is a DIY open source construction set for experimental personal fabrication http://bit.ly/gLhQ4 #mfa09 @makerfairafrica 6 days ago

#Contraptor open source #DIY rapid hardware prototyping http://www.contraptor.org/ mit #Arduino und #makerbot #CNC-Fräsen #CNC 8 days ago

RT @ppvi: Ya lo conocía, pero @gusferrari me ha recordado que lo quiero por navidad: Un mecano para rudos. http://www.contraptor.org/ 19 days ago

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Links for 4th November 2009
Velcro City Tourist Board — Fresh from the clogged tubes of teh intarwubs… Contraptor "Contraptor is a DIY open source construction set for experimental personal fabrication, desktop manufacturing, prototyping and bootstrapping." Sweet. Tagged with: hardware • prototype • fabbing • manufacturing • electronics • prototyping • open-source • 3d-printing • Resisting Representation: The Informal Geographies of Rio de Janiero ...

Required reading: mapping the favela
Futurismic — ... And as an added bonus, here’s a game-changing technology to drop into your fictional favela – Contraptor is the name of both an organisation and the open-source rapid prototyping system it has designed and built. Like a more sturdy and diverse answer to the RepRap, in other words – an affordable way to put the means of production into the hands of pretty much anyone with a few hundred dollars and an internet connection [via ...