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I'm passionate about

Robots and saving the world

An idea worth spreading

3D printers in schools:

No danger of fire like clay kilns
3d scanners could scan "real" clay sculptures made by kids and print them any size and in any number for parents
engineering students could learn CAD and solid works getting a head start on product design of the future.
3d printers could print any number of historical things - in metal, plastic or ceramics.

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3d printing and art therapy

People don't know that I'm good at

empathizing

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  A comment on Talk: Clay Shirky: How the Internet will (one day) transform government

  Sep 26 2012: "I am convinced that much of what we now call psychology is the study of the tricks we use to avoid the anxiety of the absolute novelty by making believe the future will be like the past" - Abraham H Maslow

• A reply on Talk: Clay Shirky: How the Internet will (one day) transform government

  Sep 26 2012: Nobody can ruin a great idea. There is more to the internet than social networking and gossip. For example... TED!

• A reply on Talk: Clay Shirky: How the Internet will (one day) transform government

  Sep 26 2012: I know right? I think there are several books in this!

• A reply on Talk: Clay Shirky: How the Internet will (one day) transform government

  Sep 26 2012: I agree with you. Especially about the lobbyist statement.

• A reply on Talk: Clay Shirky: How the Internet will (one day) transform government

  Sep 26 2012: But what if there is a critical flaw in the air traffic software somewhere and an open source suggestion would help fix it and prevent the crash of your plane?
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  A reply on Talk: Clay Shirky: How the Internet will (one day) transform government

  Sep 26 2012: I totally agree. I read both "Here comes everybody" and "Cognitive Surplus" and completely love them. I'm still trying to wrap my head around concepts from those books and suddenly there is this. I was so happy just now when i saw he had another talk!
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  A comment on Talk: T. Boone Pickens: Let's transform energy -- with natural gas

  Mar 22 2012: I don't understand how he can say in the first sentence "I'm a believer in global warming" then endorse a fuel that produces CO2.
  
  In my opinion this talk gave me much more hope for the future:
  http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/kirk_sorensen_thorium_an_alternative_nuclear_fuel.html
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  A comment on Talk: Taylor Wilson: Yup, I built a nuclear fusion reactor

  Mar 22 2012: Tony Stark, is that you?

• A reply on Talk: David Damberger: What happens when an NGO admits failure

  Dec 11 2011: Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
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  A comment on Talk: Klaus Stadlmann: The world’s smallest 3D printer

  Dec 10 2011: I love 3d printing! Fantastic advance. The micron printed bridge is amazing. I had no idea they could print that small.