Oct 4 2010: I wonder if mushroom material could somehow combined with this: http://reprap.org/wiki/Main_Page
"RepRap is a free desktop 3D printer capable of printing plastic objects. Since many parts of RepRap are made from plastic and RepRap can print those parts, RepRap is a self-replicating machine - one that anyone can build given time and materials. It also means that - if you've got a RepRap - you can print lots of useful stuff, and you can print another RepRap for a friend... "
Sep 18 2010: Great talk! Internet is really speeding up the innovation, and I think we've only seen the very beginnin of it. To make the idea sharing at TED two-way as Chris was hoping, here's another example of how innovation can happen on the internet.
First there was this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J---aiyznGQ
It got popular and evolved to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAepgZ5iM5k
At the same time in another place sarcasm rised its ugly head: http://www.amazon.com/Mountain-Three-Wolf-Short-Sleeve/dp/B002HJ377A
Check the comments, there's lots of them.
Finally, there was an innovation. The best selling t-shirt of Threadless in July 2009: http://www.threadless.com/product/1960/Three_Keyboard_Cat_Moon
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"RepRap is a free desktop 3D printer capable of printing plastic objects. Since many parts of RepRap are made from plastic and RepRap can print those parts, RepRap is a self-replicating machine - one that anyone can build given time and materials. It also means that - if you've got a RepRap - you can print lots of useful stuff, and you can print another RepRap for a friend... "
A comment on Talk: Chris Anderson: How web video powers global innovation
First there was this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J---aiyznGQ
It got popular and evolved to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAepgZ5iM5k
At the same time in another place sarcasm rised its ugly head: http://www.amazon.com/Mountain-Three-Wolf-Short-Sleeve/dp/B002HJ377A
Check the comments, there's lots of them.
Finally, there was an innovation. The best selling t-shirt of Threadless in July 2009: http://www.threadless.com/product/1960/Three_Keyboard_Cat_Moon