If you are interested in the intellectual property issues facing 3D
printing, Public Knowledge has a white paper from 2010:
Cheers,
Stephen
On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 11:52 AM, HaeB <haebwiki(a)gmail.com> wrote:
2012/2/8 Steven Walling
<steven.walling(a)gmail.com>om>:
On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 2:10 AM, Leinonen Teemu
<teemu.leinonen(a)aalto.fi
wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Has there been any attempt to start a Wikimedia project focusing on free
> 3D models?
>
> I think, right now it would be the right timing for it. The prices of 3D
> printers and other computer controlled machines are coming down [1] and
> there are growing network of FabLabs around the world providing access
for
public to
design and fabricate their own objects.[2]
I have contacts to the European Fablab folks and we probably could start
with them a project on an Incubator.
Best regards,
- Teemu
The most popular example of this kind of repository is Thingiverse,[1]
run
by a small NY-based company that makes 3D
printers. Most of the content
there is CC.
Steven
1.
http://www.thingiverse.com/
See also
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Beyondencyclopediawiki…
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