Answer each of the following questions after listening to the podcast for this unit and reading the “Making sense of the research” section. Use complete sentences and references to reinforce your position. The direct link provides a transcript of the following podcasts.

1. What is a fabricator?

2. What are the advantages of FabAtHome, compared with industrial fabricators? What are the disadvantages?

3. What does “open source” mean? How does it apply to FabAtHome?

4. Do you think open source is a good or bad thing for technology? Do you believe in making open source reference materials, like Wikipedia? What about textbooks? What about works of art, like novels or poems?

5. How might fabricators and open source projects affect the economy? Can you think of possible consequences not mentioned above?

All information correct
Total number of sources equals more than 3. Excellent variety of sources; excellent use of relevant materials

No grammar errors; no spelling mistakes