I have been interested in Digital Fabrication ever since I visited Fab Lab Kamakura in high school.
The ability to bring computational structures into the material world while maintaining the freedom provided in digital worlds is amazing and exciting.
On a more currently practical note, being able to make customized items for daily use is very nice :)
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I laser engraved my laptop at FabCafe Tokyo with a few of my favorite phrases.
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<li>"Ich bin meine Welt."</li>
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<li>This is a phrase from <a href="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Ludwig_Wittgenstein">Ludwig Wittgenstein</a> meaning "I am my World." from the Tractatus Logico Philosophicus.</li>
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<li>"λ それ.そう"</li>
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<li>This is a combination of <a href="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Lambda_calculus">Lambda Calculus</a> and the phrase "それはそう".</li>
<li>Lambda calculus is an idea that originates from Alonzo Church and provides another way to look at computable machines. The more popular way that computability is understood is the <a href="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Turing_machine">Turing machine</a>. A simplified understanding of the meaning of λx.y is to think of it as functions <code>f(x) = y</code> in math.</li>
<li>"それはそう" (Translates to "That is that.") is the ultimate tautology. I personally believe it emcompasses all expressible statements and is the most minimal statement.</li>
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<li><code>e^iθ = cosθ + isinθ</code> is <a href="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Euler&#x27;s_formula">Euler's formula</a>. It's the first mathematical equation that I worked through and derived on my own, instead of in school, so it holds a special place in my heart.</li>
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