Abundance Journal/Abundance Vol III, Issue 1

Nanotechnology / FAB manufacturing / Open Manufacturing / Energy

Lot of overlapping themes here and we can splice these into separate issues.

The overall theme here is the transition to radically decentralized production. See Carson's new book, Mutualist Theory of Organization.

Rather than technical considerations (though obviously the tech details matter) the focus is on the structural aspects—how to avoid a Microsoft of Molecular Manufacturing, discussion of relevant fiction, eg, The Diamond Age.

Existing Projects

OSE, SKDB, MakerBeam, RepLab, FabLab, CubeSpawn, The Tangible Bit, etc.