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Open Source Everything, Indeed

Posted by aj Aug 28, 2008

Here at MFGx, we've been living large on Open Source. From post after post in our forums, to a special community assigned to the MFG.com Open Source Machine Tool project, we're big believers in the power of crowdsourcing.

But even our Open Source exuberance is challenged by this:


Wanna build your own Subatomic Super Collider?


That's right - according to this tongue-in-cheek play on the Open Source model, you can build your own Hadron Collider. All you'll need to build it is "... €6-billion, enough real estate to hold your 17-mile-long ring, a staff of international geniuses, and ..." downloadable plans from the Institute of Physics in London.


But wait - is this really Open Source, or is it €6-billion freeware?

Hat tip: Jonah.

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Over at MFG.com, they've completed the build phase for their version of a fully functional, industrial-grade CNC vertical machining center. The machine tool will be used as the initial prototype for presentation to the global machining and manufacturing communities. Recent progress includes:

  • New videos that document the full project through build completion.
  • An online description of progress made toward developing the online portalthe machining center's files, plans and drawings will be offered through.
  • Photographs chronicling the early design and build phase of the MFG.com Open Source machine tool.

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