Theories of the Information Society
Theories of the Information Society
Information Inequality
Appropriate Technology; Tools, Choices, and Implications
Appropriate Technology; Tools, Choices, and Implications
A Modular Visual Model for Hybrid Systems
FTRTFT '98 Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Formal Techniques in Real-Time and Fault-Tolerant Systems
The Success of Open Source
Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything
Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything
Fab: The Coming Revolution on Your Desktop--from Personal Computers to Personal Fabrication
Fab: The Coming Revolution on Your Desktop--from Personal Computers to Personal Fabrication
The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom
The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom
On the Inequality of Contributions to Wikipedia
HICSS '08 Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 41st Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
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Through the case of the RepRap-based, Lego-built three-dimensional (3D) printing-milling machine, this paper sets out to discuss and illustrate two points: First, on a theoretical level, that modularity, not only in terms of development process but also of hardware components, can catalyze Commons-based peer production's (CBPP) replication for tangible products enabling social experimentation and learning. Second, the hybrid 3D printing-milling machine demonstrates the digitization of material and the potential of digital fabrication. We show how the synergy of a globally accessible knowledge Commons as well as of the CBPP practices with digital fabrication technologies, which are advancing and becoming more and more accessible, can arguably offer the ability to think globally and produce locally.