Personal Fabrication: Patrick Baudisch and Stefanie Mueller Talk About Physical Natives

Personal fabrication is celebrating technological break-throughs that will enable us to easily generate new physical forms and shapes. It democratizes the capability of building physical things and may usher in the era of physical natives. Stefanie Mueller and Patrick Baudisch critically review the state of the art and speculate on the future use and users of personal fabrication, while highlighting corresponding research challenges for the HCI community.