desktop prototyping
Fab @ home is a set of plans and wiki support for building your very own desktop prototyper. If you have friends with one, you could essentially send them a 3-d model of your latest invention.
I haven’t made one yet, but it’s in the queue - I’m thinking maybe it’s a good toy for my brother who designs furniture. He could use it to build models of new designs. If I had time to volunteer for the software project - I’d write an export for sketchup, my new favorite 3d software (and it’s free!).
For other prototyping supplies, Spark Fun has much of what you need for electronic prototypes.
Add comment December 20th, 2006