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Why settle for boring old two-dimensional copies of flat pieces of paper? That’s exactly the question that Makerbot, the makers of the Thing-o-Matic want you to ask. You might remember that a few years back, we told you about MIT’s FabLab project (WTP 48 — my, how time flies). Well, it looks like the 3D printing revolution has come a step closer to your desktop with the Thing-o-Matic. Could we really be getting close to pulling a Captain Picard in our own homes? “Tea…Earl Grey…Hot.” One can only hope, right? Well, you’ll hear more about the Thing-o-Matic in this episode of The World’s Technology Podcast. We have an interview with one of the people behind the device.
Also in this episode, you’ll find out why I am trying to expense a trip to a Maastricht casino. It was all in the name of work, I swear! Seriously, it’s a piece on some interesting technology called SelectaDNA that’s being used to help nab thieves. I won’t say too much about it, but I will tell you that it involves synthetic DNA, and also me almost getting thrown in a Belgian prison. If you’ve come here looking for pictures, then you can check those out here.
Reporter Corey Takahashi takes us on a wonderful tour of a newly opened exhibit at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. It’s called “Revolution: The First 2000 Years of Computing,” and you’re definitely going to want to check out Corey’s pictures.
We’ll also have an update on some of the tech angles involved in the ongoing crisis in Tunisia.
And if you’d like to weigh in on, or ask questions about, the links between corruption and earthquake deaths, then our World Science Forum is the place to be.
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