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Makers: The New Industrial Revolution

By Chris Anderson Random House [pounds sterling]20

The former editor-in-chief of Wired magazine takes you to the front line of a new industrial revolution as today's entrepreneurs, using open-source design and 3D printing, bring manufacturing to the desktop. Anderson argues that a generation of "makers" using the internees innovation model will help drive the next big wave in the global economy. Here is a synopsis:

  1. The collective potential of a million garage tinkerers and enthusiasts is about to be unleashed, driving a resurgence in American manufacturing.

  2. The creation of physical commercial products will benefit from "network effects" -where a user of a service or goods hands on the value to others.

  3. Hot tech start-ups can get their manufacturing done cheaply...

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