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• What is a Fabber? An introduction to fabbers and what they can do.
   
  • Introduction to fabicators
  • Today’s additive fabbers
  • What are fabbers used for?
  • When to use a fabber
  • Why use one?
  • Limitations
  • Process diagrams
    • Additive Fabber Processes: How the Magic Works
      • Selective curing
      • Selective sintering
      • Continuous deposition
      • Drop-on-powder deposition
      • Pattern lamination
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    • Articles on fabbers:
      • Atoms from Bits: The Digital Revolution in Manufacturing
      • The FAB–ulous Fabber! — How to Profit from the Next Technology Revolution
      • Fabbing the Future: Developments in Rapid Manufacturing
      • Automated Fabrication—The Freedom to Create
      • The Household Fabricator
      • The Personal Factory
      • The Origins and Direction of the Fabricator Revolution
      • Automated Fabrication: The Future of Manufacturing
      • Growing Autofab into the 21^st Century
      • Using Fabricators to Reduce Space Transportation Costs
      • Perspectives on StereoLithography: Automated Fabrication in the 19^th, 20^th, and 21^st Centuries
  
   
• Fabber Applications. Using the magic.
   
  • Surgical Planning. A pair of fabbed plastic models helped a surgical team repair a skull deformity and give a little boy a normal life for the first time.
  • Scientific Modeling. Holding a 3-D model in his hands was more informative than 15 years of research for this biomedical expert.
  • Mannufacturing Bid Requests. Ford Motor Company saved $10 million in this one use of its fabber.
  • Space Habitation. Fabbers will make space colonies feasible for the first time in history by allowing us to make what we need once we get there.
  
   
• The RP-ML. Welcome to the virtual community of fabber users and developers.
  • The “Check-This-Out” Debate. A discussion about fabbers and art, February 1999.
  • Fabbing Food. On automated fabrication of edible products, February to March 1999.
  • The RP-ML Goes Physical. The first in-person meeting of the RP-ML, April 1999.
  • Direct Manufactring by Fabber. Two discussions in August and November 1999 about using fabbers to make products, not prototypes.
  • Rumor of an HP Fabber. On the prospects for a mainstream, low-cost fabber, September 2003.
  
   
• Technical Resources.
   
  • The StL Format. Technical information on the de-facto standard data format for fabbers.
  
   
• Links to other Web sites of interest in the fabber community.