The document discusses the concept of a hyper-networked world where billions of devices will be interconnected by 2020, emphasizing the necessity for businesses to adapt and transform accordingly. It introduces the Free Universal Construction Kit, which enables interoperability between popular children’s construction toys through a collection of adapter bricks, fostering creativity and new forms of play. The kit is available for free under a Creative Commons license, promoting non-commercial use and encouraging community sharing.

1. THE
HYPER
NETWORKED
NOW

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4. source: TIME

9. 50 BILLION
things will be
connected to the
internet by 2020

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13. everything that
can be
NETWORKED
will be
NETWORKED

14. the number of
people connected
to the internet
WILL DOUBLE
by 2020

18. “If the rate of change
on the outside
exceeds the rate
of change on the
inside, the end
is near.”
Jack Welch

19. 52% of the companies ranked in
the Fortune 500 since 2000 are GONE
stat:

21. How will you transform
your business for THE
HYPER
NETWORKED
NOW?

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‘Spinal Network’
Anthony Mattox
Businesses must be
NETWORKS too

25. EGO ECO

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Gears!
Gears!
Gears!®
ZomeTool®
Tinkertoy®
Zoob®
Lincoln Logs®
Fischertechnik®
K’Nex®
Lego®
Duplo®
Krinkles®
K’Nex®
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(K’Nex to K’Nex)
Lego®
(Lego to Duplo
already supported
by manufacturer)
(Lego to Lego)
Lincoln Logs®
(Lincoln Logs to
Lincoln Logs)
Tinkertoy®
(Tinkertoy to
Tinkertoy)
ZomeTool®
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(ZomeTool to
ZomeTool)
Zoob®
(Zoob to Zoob)
Krinkles®
(Krinkles to Krinkles)
Duplo®
(Duplo to Duplo)
(Lego to Duplo
already supported
by manufacturer)
Fischertechnik®
(Fischertechnik to
Fischertechnik)
Godtfred K. Christiansen
US Pat. 3597875 / Aug. 10, 1971
Artur Fischer
US Pat. 3464147 / Sep. 19, 1966
Joel Glickman & M. Doepner
US Pat. 5061219 / Dec. 11, 1990
Walter Heubl
US Pat. 3603025 / Sep. 30, 1968
Godtfred K. Christiansen
US Pat. 3005282 / Jul. 28, 1958
John Lloyd Wright
US Pat. 1351086 / Jan.8, 1920
Charles H. Pajeau
US Pat. 1113371 / Jul. 8, 1914
Steven Rogers & P. Hildebrandt
US Pat. 6840699 / Nov. 1, 2002*
Michael J. Grey
US Pat. 5897417 / Dec. 11, 1996*
The F.A.T. Lab and Sy-Lab present the Free Universal Construction Kit, a collection of adapter bricks that enable complete interoperability
between ten* popular children’s construction toys. By allowing any piece to join to any other, the Kit encourages new forms of interplay between
otherwise closed systems — enabling the creation of previously impossible designs, and more creative opportunities for kids. The Kit adapters
can be downloaded from Thingiverse.com and other sharing sites as a set of 3D models in .STL format, suitable for reproduction by personal
fabrication systems. >>> For more information, please see: http://fffff.at/free-universal-construction-kit.
The Universal Adapter Brick
of the Free Universal Construction Kit
The Free Universal Construction Kit is licensed under and subject to the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
You are free to copy, distribute and transmit the Kit, and to remix and/or adapt the Kit; in doing so, you must attribute the Kit to “F.A.T. Lab and Sy-Lab”. Please note
that extensions to the Kit require the same or similar license. You may not use the Kit for commercial purposes. For inquiries, please contact info@adapterz.org.
Lego®, Duplo®, Fischertechnik®, Gears! Gears! Gears!®, K’Nex®, Krinkles®, Bristle Blocks®, Lincoln Logs®, Tinkertoys®, Zome®, ZomeTool® and Zoob®
are trademarks of their respective owners. The Free Universal Construction Kit is not associated or affiliated with, or endorsed, sponsored, certified or approved by, any of
the foregoing owners or their respective products. The Kit is represented, for legal purposes, by Adapterz, LLC.
* Two construction playsets nominally supported by the Kit are still
protected (as of March 2012) by active patents: Zoob (patented 1996)
and ZomeTool (patented 2002). For the Zoob and Zome systems,
please note that we have delayed the release of adapter
models until December 2016 and November 2022, respectively.
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