抄録
Personal Fabrication is getting wide attention these days. This paper discussed how it will change product development from the standpoint of emotional engineering. One of the definitions of Human Being is Homo Faber. It is said that humans only can think about the future. Animals live for now. That is why humans cannot be satisfied by using natural things but would like to create something that is not available in nature. Humans would like to make their dreams come true. This is nothing other than engineering. Personal Fabrication changed engineering from just product development to value creation. How expectations can be met is the primary interest in Personal Fabrication. There not only products but more than that processes yields mental satisfaction. It is also pointed out how personal fabrication can work well in the current industry framework.
