Between the Lines: Tatjana Dzambazova Autodesk Sr. Product Manager and Maker Extraordinaire hosted two live Master Class sessions at TED 2012 Monday this week titled “RIP MOD FAB Re-imagining Design and Manufacturing in the future. The class flow was a 30 minute lecture with live demonstrations and then followed by a conversation and workshop. Tatjana covered three areas (RIP MOD FAB) from urban level down all the way down to the nano level. She covered the available technologies, convergences, and use cases.
Friday, March 02, 2012
TED 2012 - Master Class RIP It MOD It FAB It
Between the Lines: Tatjana Dzambazova Autodesk Sr. Product Manager and Maker Extraordinaire hosted two live Master Class sessions at TED 2012 Monday this week titled “RIP MOD FAB Re-imagining Design and Manufacturing in the future. The class flow was a 30 minute lecture with live demonstrations and then followed by a conversation and workshop. Tatjana covered three areas (RIP MOD FAB) from urban level down all the way down to the nano level. She covered the available technologies, convergences, and use cases.
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The world seems to be going into an increasingly digital age where all things are done in computers. With all of this technology comes greater accuracy and speed but at what point does our interaction with the digital realm become too much? When do we get to the point where real life is too analog for us to deal with? This technology has the potential for great educational uses with 3d models of every major archaeological site and DNA coding for every organism available for all to see and manipulate for free but as with all technologies I think that the corporate world will corrupt these wonderful teaching tools into more useless distractions from the world around us.
This is really interesting article because it is discussing the idea of taking analog items, and modifying them in a digital means to create more analog items. And it's in such a medium, that almost can pick it up with a bit of practice. It's really neat that we've gotten to a point where we can find something on the street, be able to scan it in to the computer, modify it in a program into some original piece of work, and then output it fairly easily using a 3D printer or some similar means. It's amazing how quickly we have progressed to this point, where we are close to, or at, the point where anyone can pick up this technology in a store and be able to do what they want to create their own product/idea/etc. in the real world on their own. Amazing to think how far we've come in terms of digital work and fabrication in the past 20 or 30 years.
This technology is quite amazing, and for many different fields. 3D imaging, scanning, printing, milling, modeling, analyzing and so on have many applications. Not only for the theatrical industry but for medical, scientific, architecture and more than you can think of. This would have been an amazing class to attend just to see the technology and basics of what it can do. If you truly do master the technology the possibilities would be endless. The progress and integration of the technology throughout its development is great, especially being able to work between different platforms.
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