I look forward to seeing how you apply gongkai to manufacturing. Knowledge sharing has facilitated the explosive growth in web entrepreneurship; surely something similar is possible in other industries, like 3D printing metal.
Yeah, that's something I've spent a bunch of time thinking about. I've gotten a lot of emails from people around the industry saying they'd like to be able to share more process data, but I'm not sure what the best approach is. If anyone out there has any thoughts, I'd LOVE to collaborate.
I am not at all connected with the manufacturing industry, but I wonder if a group like ASME could help.