A beginners guide to a printed world

If the visions of American Scientist and futurist Eric Drexler are to materialize, we are all going to be living in a world full of "grey goo", uncontrollable self replicating machines born out of molecular nanotechnology in the not so distant future. 'Universal Assemblers' will feature in every household with the ability to repair or rebuild atom by atom by any physical object, having a major impact on the manufacturing industry and ultimately worldwide employment. With more time on our hands will we use this new found space and time for creative thought, to further evolution or sit back and watch the printer jam.

During the course of the year I will be compiling information from many people involved with 3D Modeling, Rapid-prototyping, Digital Fabrication and 3D Printing to produce a set of instructions, to enable future users of this technology to utilize its potential as a design tool, instead of a finished model, click print, dah dah!