And if you go to opencollectors.org, you'll find details about a bunch of electronic engineers busily beavering away at writing the source code (in vhdl, verilog and others) for the CPUs, memory chips, et al.
Wesley Parish On Thursday 12 December 2002 09:58 am, you wrote: > *The ultimate D-I-Y PC* > > /David Watson, Auckland/ > You've heard of open source software, but what about open source hardware? > > It's closer than you think, says Econz software engineer Vik Olliver. > > Speaking at a New Zealand Computer Society event last week on the future > of computing, Olliver pointed out that stereolithography already allows > three-dimensional printing of tangible objects. It works by making > models of CAD drawings, compiled from multiple layers of plastic in > patterns set by lasers. Ceramic objects can also be created. > > That brings to mind the concept of open source hardware, Olliver says. > "One day, I may be able to print my own PC." -- Mau e ki, "He aha te mea nui?" You ask, "What is the most important thing?" Maku e ki, "He tangata, he tangata, he tangata." I reply, "It is people, it is people, it is people."
