Nick Pinkston!Founder & CEO - Plethora
@NickPinkstonPlethora.com
Models for MakingMaking Hardware as Easy as Software
CAD Add-in Full-Auto Factory
On-Demand ManufacturingGoal: Make Hardware As Easy As Software
Manufacturing hasn’t changed…
Model T
F150
Hardware Complexity
Won’t 3D printers save us all?
The Manufacturing Ecology
Digitize all the processes!
Additive Subtractive Cast / Form
Post-Process AssemblyInspection
Engineering Conservatism
Electrical Civil
MechanicalSoftware
Using Software Models for Hardware
Test
Deploy
Compile
Debug
Goal: Pizza Delivery
Where’s this all going?
The Future
Reality Ripping: CT Scan
Dematerialization
Engineering Superpowers
@NickPinkston
THANKS!