Just caught the Posner linking ban proposal furore. Aside from the fact that this is total blueskies thinking from a person who perhaps doesn’t get the internet fully, if one does take it seriously, then my initial reaction would be this:
RepRap from Adrian Bowyer on Vimeo.
I remember being amazed about home rapid prototyping machines when I first read about them. It’s hard to learn about these things and not be convinced that they are going to change the world.
Reading through The Design of Everday Things by Donald Norman, I came across an enlightening section entitled ‘Why Designers go Astray’. It prompted this rough thought about what makes designs go right, and thinking about the different concerns that need to be
