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  • May
  • 10
  • 2008

Pirate Bay: MPAA’s $15.4 million damage claim a fabrication

The MPAA has asked a Swedish court for $15.4 million in damages from The Pirate Bay. Peter Sunde, the torrent tracker's fearless captain, says that the claims are bogus.

The unflappable Sunde isn't impressed with the claims. He told Swedish newspaper SvD that the figure is a fabrication and that the content industry should be thanking him instead of attempting to sue him. "We might be able to pay…

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  • Apr
  • 09
  • 2008

3D Printer that can copy itself!

First ever 3D printer capable of fabricating copies of itself, as well as a wealth of everyday objects.

The machine need not be capable of assembling itself, he says, only producing all the necessary parts, with the exception of the microprocessors and the lubricating grease. These could later be added and the various parts clipped together, Bowyer…

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  • Mar
  • 29
  • 2008

Manufacture and Sell Anything–in Minutes

As everyone gains the ability to create and sell anything, the long tail will apply to making things as well as to selling them.

Jeffrey Wegesin is a furniture maker. His most popular creation is a curvaceous side table, and even though he has sold only two copies of it, he has already turned a profit. He did it without so much as setting foot in a wood shop. And he is not…

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