Erik de Bruijn
Bio
From the age of 6 after my first encounters with Lego and computers it was clear that I was passionate about technology. When I was 16, I co-founded my first IT company SHiFTing from webdesign to hosting, to internet infrastructure management and datacenter appliances. The companies fully operated on open source software. My studies at the University of Tilburg are from an economics and business angle, which help me to keep things in perspective.
When I first found out about the RepRap project, it completely blew my mind. Developing a machine that can make almost anything, including a copy of many of its parts. A machine that can print out its own hardware upgrades. A machine that can be developed collaboratively, highly distributed, by any of its users. A project that would definitely consume most of my time. And that would be okay.
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SHiFT - Social and Human Ideas For Technology
15 to 17 October 2008
