The FreeD - A Handheld Digital Milling Device for Craft and Fabrication
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Paradiso, Joseph; Zoran, Amit; Paradiso, Joseph A
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We present an approach to combine digital fabrication and craft that is focused on a new fabrication experience. The FreeD is a hand-held, digitally controlled, milling device. It is guided and monitored by a computer while still preserving gestural freedom. The computer intervenes only when the milling bit approaches the 3D model, which was designed beforehand, either by slowing down the spindle's speed or by drawing back the shaft. The rest of the time it allows complete freedom, allowing the user to manipulate and shape the work in any creative way. We believe The FreeD will enable a designer to move in between the straight boundaries of established CAD systems and the free expression of handcraft.
Date issued
2012-10Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Media Laboratory; Program in Media Arts and Sciences (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)Journal
Adjunct proceedings of the 25th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology - UIST Adjunct Proceedings '12
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Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
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Amit Zoran and Joseph Paradiso. 2012. The FreeD: a handheld digital milling device for craft and fabrication. In Adjunct proceedings of the 25th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology (UIST Adjunct Proceedings '12). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 3-4.
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9781450315821