Freedom Of Creation
Need a new lamp? Why not just print one for yourself? Advances in 3-dimensional printing technologies are moving us towards this new reality of custom manufacturing.
Freedom Of Creation researches and designs Rapid Manufactured products - right now mainly lamps and experimental textiles. These products can be stored online and downloaded to machines that will fabricate and ultimately assemble customized products within "Augmented Reality Environments".
Imagine: Within the next decade, consumers will be able to start downloading spare parts for their washing machines. Customized mobile phone covers will be available for printing at home.
"In the a same manner as we have water pipelines running into our homes, one day we could have futuristic pipelines that would transport polymers and other compounds that we would run through nano-assemblers (devices for rearranging molecules) to manufacture items of our choice."
In our culture of immediate gratification, FOC could just as easily stand for "Future of Consumerism".
