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Thursday, June 10, 2021

g-f(2)317 The big picture of the digital age (6/10/2021), FAB Academy, Learn to make (almost) anything!




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  • Fab Academy is an intensive five-month program that teaches students to envision, design and prototype projects using digital fabrication tools and machines.


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  • Fab Academy is an intensive five-month program that teaches students to envision, design and prototype projects using digital fabrication tools and machines.

Prof Neil Gershenfeld, Director of MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms




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The Fab Academy is directed by Prof. Neil Gershenfeld with help of this amazing team.

Prof. Neil Gershenfeld is the Director of MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms, where his unique laboratory is breaking down boundaries between the digital and physical worlds, from pioneering quantum computing to digital fabrication to the Internet of Things. Technology from his lab has been seen and used in settings including New York's Museum of Modern Art and rural Indian villages, the White House and the World Economic Forum, inner-city community centers and automobile safety systems, Las Vegas shows and Sami herds. 
  • He is the author of numerous technical publications, patents, and books including Designing Reality, Fab, When Things Start To Think, The Nature of Mathematical Modeling, and The Physics of Information Technology, and has been featured in media such as The New York Times, The Economist, NPR, CNN, and PBS. 
  • He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Physical Society, has been named one of Scientific American's 50 leaders in science and technology, as one of 40 Modern-Day Leonardos by the Museum of Science and Industry, one of Popular Mechanic's 25 Makers, has been selected as a CNN/Time/Fortune Principal Voice, and by Prospect/Foreign Policy as one of the top 100 public intellectuals. 
  • He's been called the intellectual father of the maker movement, founding a growing global network of over one thousand fab labs that provide widespread access to prototype tools for personal fabrication, directing the Fab Academy for distributed research and education in the principles and practices of digital fabrication, and chairing the Fab Foundation. 
  • Dr. Gershenfeld has a BA in Physics with High Honors from Swarthmore College, a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Cornell University, honorary doctorates from Swarthmore College, Strathclyde University and the University of Antwerp, was a Junior Fellow of the Harvard University Society of Fellows, and a member of the research staff at Bell Labs.



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g-f(2)316 The big picture of the digital age (6/10/2021), JOINT CENTER FOR HOUSING STUDIES OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY, The State of the Nation's Housing 2020.




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Alert, Today’s crisis conditions call for a comprehensive re-envisioning of national housing policy
  • Although low interest rates and continued growth in some sectors have bolstered homebuying and the broader economy, conditions have worsened for many households. Indeed, the nation’s failure to live up to its long-stated goal of a decent home in a suitable environment for all has never been clearer— particularly in the lack of affordable rental housing and unequal access to homeownership. Today’s crisis conditions call for a comprehensive re-envisioning of national housing policy. 


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Alert, Today’s crisis conditions call for a comprehensive re-envisioning of national housing policy
  • Although low interest rates and continued growth in some sectors have bolstered homebuying and the broader economy, conditions have worsened for many households. Indeed, the nation’s failure to live up to its long-stated goal of a decent home in a suitable environment for all has never been clearer— particularly in the lack of affordable rental housing and unequal access to homeownership. Today’s crisis conditions call for a comprehensive re-envisioning of national housing policy. 

The State of the Nation's Housing 2020




Category 2: The Big Picture of the Digital Age

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Fernando Machuca


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JOINT CENTER FOR HOUSING STUDIES OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY


The Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University is a research center that focuses on housing matters. Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the Center advances understanding of housing issues and informs policy. Through its research, education, and public outreach programs, the Center helps leaders in government, business, and the civic sectors make decisions that effectively address the needs of cities and communities.


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g-f(2)315 The big picture of the digital age (6/10/2021), WaPo, 3-D-printed homes: A concept is turning into something solid.


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Opportunity, Thinking about how the 3-D printer can change the way we design, Alvin Huang
  • “Its actual benefit is in larger projects that have a high deal of customization,” he said. “More and more construction sites will become more and more like factory settings, and instead of laborers, you’re looking at technicians. I’m a very big proponent of thinking about how the 3-D printer can change the way we design.”
Alert, Homelessness among older adults is increasing
  • The share of people age 50 and older experiencing homelessness rose to 33.8 percent in 2017 from 22.9 percent in 2007.
Lesson learned, An urgent need
  • Those statistics, according to the study, suggest the “need for affordable, accessible housing and in-home supportive services is therefore set to soar.”
Lesson learned, Housing affordable 
  • The federal government considers housing affordable when a resident can spend 30 percent or less of income on it. Those who spend more, according to the study, are “cost burdened.”
Warning, Not everyone is convinced that 3-D is the answer for the masses
  • “Basically, 3-D printing is creating a wall system,” said Chris Herbert, the Harvard Center’s managing director. “It still has to have a foundation. Someone needs to put on a roof. It’s another way to lower the labor cost of producing components of the house, but it’s not printing every piece of the house.”
Warning, 30 to 40 years before it will be having an impact
  • Architecture professor Ryan Smith, director of the School of Design and Construction at Washington State University, said he agrees the technology is in its early days. “It’s worth investment and work on research in the industry, but I don’t see how it’s going to work in the current supply chain and labor market,” he said. “I personally still feel it will be 30 to 40 years before it will be having an impact.”
Alert, 3-D’s advantages are about precision and customization
  • Architect and 3-D advocate Alvin Huang, an associate professor at the University of Southern California School of Architecture in Los Angeles, said 3-D’s advantages “are about precision and customization.”

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In this city of disrupters, Austin-based construction technology company Icon has formed a variety of partnerships to explore how 3-D-printed homes could not only provide housing for people on the margins but also demonstrate how to dramatically reduce the time and money spent on construction.

Opportunity, Thinking about how the 3-D printer can change the way we design, Alvin Huang
  • “Its actual benefit is in larger projects that have a high deal of customization,” he said. “More and more construction sites will become more and more like factory settings, and instead of laborers, you’re looking at technicians. I’m a very big proponent of thinking about how the 3-D printer can change the way we design.”
Alert, Homelessness among older adults is increasing
  • The share of people age 50 and older experiencing homelessness rose to 33.8 percent in 2017 from 22.9 percent in 2007.
Lesson learned, An urgent need
  • Those statistics, according to the study, suggest the “need for affordable, accessible housing and in-home supportive services is therefore set to soar.”
Lesson learned, Housing affordable 
  • The federal government considers housing affordable when a resident can spend 30 percent or less of income on it. Those who spend more, according to the study, are “cost burdened.”
Warning, Not everyone is convinced that 3-D is the answer for the masses
  • “Basically, 3-D printing is creating a wall system,” said Chris Herbert, the Harvard Center’s managing director. “It still has to have a foundation. Someone needs to put on a roof. It’s another way to lower the labor cost of producing components of the house, but it’s not printing every piece of the house.”
Warning, 30 to 40 years before it will be having an impact
  • Architecture professor Ryan Smith, director of the School of Design and Construction at Washington State University, said he agrees the technology is in its early days. “It’s worth investment and work on research in the industry, but I don’t see how it’s going to work in the current supply chain and labor market,” he said. “I personally still feel it will be 30 to 40 years before it will be having an impact.”
Alert, 3-D’s advantages are about precision and customization
  • Architect and 3-D advocate Alvin Huang, an associate professor at the University of Southern California School of Architecture in Los Angeles, said 3-D’s advantages “are about precision and customization.”

ICON - 3D Printing 2,000 square-foot homes




Category 2: The Big Picture of the Digital Age

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Fernando Machuca


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Monday, May 31, 2021

g-f(2)304 The big picture of the digital age (5/31/2021), Knowledge@Wharton, How to understand what started THE THIRD DIGITAL REVOLUTION.




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Computerized fabrication such as 3-D printing is the beginning of a trend to change data into objects.

Knowledge@Wharton: What started this third digital revolution?
  • Alan Gershenfeld:  
    • It’s actually a continuum. We’ve had a revolution in digital computation, we’ve had a revolution in digital communication, and both have changed the world.
    • We use Gordon Moore’s 1965 paper as a powerful point, where he was looking back 10 years at the doubling of digital computing performance and projecting what would happen 10 years forward if that exponential curve continued. 
      • He predicted things like mobile phones and smart cars, not because he was Nostradamus. 
      • He was simply observing a past trend of technology doubling and projecting forward.
    • Well, it’s happened for 50 years with close to a billion-fold improvement.
    • Neil Gershenfeld, who heads The Center for Bits and Atoms at MIT, has also looked back 10 years and seen the doubling of digital fabrication performance.
    • When we project forward 10, 20, 30 or 40 years and a potential billion-fold improvement in digital fabrication performance, it will once again change the world. 
      • That is THE THIRD DIGITAL REVOLUTION.


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  • “The third digital revolution, much like the first two digital revolutions back in 1965, is largely going unnoticed or not fully understood.” 


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How to understand what started THE THIRD DIGITAL REVOLUTION
Computerized fabrication such as 3-D printing is the beginning of a trend to change data into objects.

Knowledge@Wharton: What started this third digital revolution?
  • Alan Gershenfeld:  
    • It’s actually a continuum. We’ve had a revolution in digital computation, we’ve had a revolution in digital communication, and both have changed the world.
    • We use Gordon Moore’s 1965 paper as a powerful point, where he was looking back 10 years at the doubling of digital computing performance and projecting what would happen 10 years forward if that exponential curve continued. 
      • He predicted things like mobile phones and smart cars, not because he was Nostradamus. 
      • He was simply observing a past trend of technology doubling and projecting forward.
    • Well, it’s happened for 50 years with close to a billion-fold improvement.
    • Neil Gershenfeld, who heads The Center for Bits and Atoms at MIT, has also looked back 10 years and seen the doubling of digital fabrication performance.
    • When we project forward 10, 20, 30 or 40 years and a potential billion-fold improvement in digital fabrication performance, it will once again change the world. 
      • That is THE THIRD DIGITAL REVOLUTION.

Warning, Alan Gershenfeld
  • “The third digital revolution, much like the first two digital revolutions back in 1965, is largely going unnoticed or not fully understood.” 

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  • “The third digital revolution, much like the first two digital revolutions back in 1965, is largely going unnoticed or not fully understood.” 

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Fernando Machuca


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Are You Ready for the Third Digital Revolution? Knowledge@Wharton show, which airs on SiriusXM channel, March 20, 2018, Knowledge@Wharton.


ABOUT THE AUTHORS


INTRODUCTION TO THE PODCAST

The first two digital revolutions — computing and communications — transformed society. Now comes the third, which is fabrication, argues the new book, Designing Reality. The authors say that computerized fabrication such as 3-D printing is the beginning of a trend to change data into objects. But like any revolution, not all populations will benefit equally. The book, which is aimed at helping people prepare for the next tech wave, was written by three brothers: Alan Gershenfeld, president of E-Line Media and former chairman of Games for Change; Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, a professor at Brandeis University; and Neil Gershenfeld, who heads The Center for Bits and Atoms at MIT. Alan Gerhsenfeld and Cutcher-Gershenfeld talked about their book on the Knowledge@Wharton show, which airs on SiriusXM channel 111.


Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld is a professor at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University. Alan Gershenfeld is cofounder and president of E-Line Media. Neil Gershenfeld is the director of MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms.

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joelcg@brandeis.edu
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The Heller School for Social Policy and Management
Degrees

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ph.D.
Cornell University, B.S.
Expertise

Joel has field expertise in social impact enterprises, large-scale systems change, high performance work systems, negotiation and dispute resolution, cyberinfrastructure, labor-management relations, new technology, and related matters. He has led change initiatives at team, enterprise, industry, national, and international levels. As a scholar, Joel has advanced theory and method in industrial relations, negotiations, institutional analysis, organizational behavior, information systems, employment law, cross-cultural studies, and other areas of social science.


Alan Gershenfeld has spent the last twenty years at the intersection of entertainment, technology, and social entrepreneurship. He is currently President and Cofounder of E-Line Media, a publisher of digital entertainment that engages, educates and empowers— with a core focus on computer and video games. Alan has worked on impact game projects with the Gates Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation, the National Science Foundation, USAID, DARPA, the White House OSTP, the California Endowment, the Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Games for Change, Google, Sesame Workshop, the MIT Center for Bits and Atoms, and the ASU Center for Games and Impact. Prior to E-Line, he was CEO and Cofounder of neomat, a leader in mobile and web community solutions. 


Prof. Neil Gershenfeld is the Director of MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms, where his unique laboratory is breaking down boundaries between the digital and physical worlds, from pioneering quantum computing to digital fabrication to the Internet of Things. Technology from his lab has been seen and used in settings including New York's Museum of Modern Art and rural Indian villages, the White House and the World Economic Forum, inner-city community centers and automobile safety systems, Las Vegas shows and Sami herds. 
  • He is the author of numerous technical publications, patents, and books including Designing Reality, Fab, When Things Start To Think, The Nature of Mathematical Modeling, and The Physics of Information Technology, and has been featured in media such as The New York Times, The Economist, NPR, CNN, and PBS. 
  • He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Physical Society, has been named one of Scientific American's 50 leaders in science and technology, as one of 40 Modern-Day Leonardos by the Museum of Science and Industry, one of Popular Mechanic's 25 Makers, has been selected as a CNN/Time/Fortune Principal Voice, and by Prospect/Foreign Policy as one of the top 100 public intellectuals. 
  • He's been called the intellectual father of the maker movement, founding a growing global network of over one thousand fab labs that provide widespread access to prototype tools for personal fabrication, directing the Fab Academy for distributed research and education in the principles and practices of digital fabrication, and chairing the Fab Foundation. 
  • Dr. Gershenfeld has a BA in Physics with High Honors from Swarthmore College, a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Cornell University, honorary doctorates from Swarthmore College, Strathclyde University and the University of Antwerp, was a Junior Fellow of the Harvard University Society of Fellows, and a member of the research staff at Bell Labs.


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