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Personal fabrication is not just another DIY on the same traditional track. It is a
great step into the future. What is important about personal fabrication is that it will
revolutionize the whole scene of engineering. Traditional production is product-
based and although MRO is being added into consideration and performance comes
to be interpreted in a much wider sense, engineering remains product-centric. And
satisfaction discussed there is objective.
But personal fabrication will change the whole scene. Production will change
from product-oriented to process-focused and satisfaction will be obtained through
the processes. Processes vary from person to person and it is completely subjective.
And values will be evaluated not in terms of economics, but in terms of self
achievements or self-actualization.
Thus, personal fabrication is opening the door to the New World of Subjective
Engineering.
References
1. Miles LD (1961) Techniques of value analysis and engineering. McGraw-Hill, New York
3. Fukuda S (2010) Emotional engineering. Springer, London
4. Maslow AH (1943) A theory of human motivation, Psychol Rev 50(4):370
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