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Repair your stuff with hand moldable silicone. Hack Things Better! http://bit.ly/6XheRD

The state of open source hardware 2009: http://bit.ly/8aVH3V. Keep up the good work

Cool! Holographic architectural CAD drawings. Another part of the Maker ecosystem – http://bit.ly/7TcMYu (via Core77)

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One of the most interesting potentials for CNC technology is the unmaking of things. You could imaging designing an artifact so it can be easily taken apart by a CNC machine and then broken down into raw materials. Those materials could be remade into the same artifact again creating a small loop. This sort of small loop could be a solution to the collection problem that has faced large scale recycling so far. Each collection network would be small enough that it could be handled in an ad hoc way. Also business would have an incentive to collect the artifacts because they become the material for the next round of goods. This is especially true if transportation costs spike because of peak oil.

@heatherfleming I have a few from when I was in Kenya. Give me a call.

hulu should allow me to choose which commercial I watch before a show

Stunning!

The Berlin Reunion by Royal de Luxe
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/10/the_berlin_reunion.html