Desktop manufacturing or personal fabrication is the use of a personal computer to drive a printer that produces material in three dimensions. It can be used for making prototypes or objects that have limited public demand. Neil Gershenfeld is one of the pioneers of the field.

References

• The Dream Factory, Wired
• 'Gadget printer' promises industrial revolution New Scientist
• Desktop manufacturing
• Punch "PRINT" for anything you want
• Blog for the RepRap project

Computer-aided design