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Turlif Vilbrandt has a long history of researching methods and processes to exactly describe (computationally capture) the complexity and quality of natural and real things. Turlif developed a generalized and holistic approach for accurately modeling complex real world objects called Digital Materialization (DM). He established one of the first (and still few) companies to engineer and apply this technology using personal computers. This unique approch has taken Turlif and his company across multiple disciplines and the globe. His ideas and technology have been applied to diverse applications over the years, from environmental down hole drilling to ancient temple reconstructions. During his travels Turlif was instrumental in bring together a diverse group of researchers and collectively they founded two organizations - HyperFun.org and the Digital Materialization Group (DMG). Over the last decade HyperFun.org and DMG have worked to extend and construct a functional and open DM platform. In addition to creating and develop these emerging technologies, Turlif has made contributions in the areas of digital historical preservation, virtualized transparent learning, and decentralized, developmental, social, and legal frameworks.  During the last eight years, in rural Japan and Norway, Turlif founded and helped establish digital community centers dedicated to IT education and personalized micro-manufacturing. He is also an active participant of the Free, Libre and Open Source (FLOS) community and has created a new (and much needed) copyright licensing to deal with the ethical issues surrounding DM technology. Currently, he is the Director of Technology for Uformia, a newly formed startup in Norway and a Computer Science Doctoral Candidate in London. He also directs, manages and contributes to several international organizations and ongoing projects including the HyperFun.org and is the Software Engineering Team Leader for NextFab.org. Turlif can be contacted by e-mail: turlif<at>turlif.com.