Virtual designs into physical objects/See also

• Open Source Ecology / 'Open Farm Tech' where many open-source manufacturing systems are being tested in the field (metaphorically and literally)
• Thingyverse - online repository of three-dimensional models that can be downloaded and fabricated (or upload your own!)
• SKDB (Social engineering-Knowledge Database) - An evolving system for automating manufacturing processes for open-source hardware. "Apt-get for real stuff" if you are familiar with the Debian  or Ubuntu  Linux distributions - a reference to software installation with automated dependency resolution. With SKDB the dependencies are the sub-components and manufacturing processes for the object/machine being created. The intention is that the processes can also be tailored to the fabrication equipment you have at your disposal.
• Erik de Bruijn MSc thesis on 'The viability of the Open Source development model for the design of physical objects' - lessons learned from the RepRap project (2010)
• 'Open Manufacturing' Google Group (mailing list)

Articles

• http://lfb.org/today/capitalists-who-fear-change