Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-246) and index.
Contents:
The invention revolution -- The new industrial revolution -- The history of the future -- We are all designers now -- The long tail of things -- The tools of transformation : four desktop factories -- Open hardware -- Reinventing the biggest factories of all -- The open organization -- Financing the maker movement -- Maker businesses -- The factory in the Cloud -- DIY biology -- Epilogue : the new shape of the industrial world -- Appendix : The 21st century workshop : Getting started with CAD ; Getting started with 3-D printing ; Getting started with 3-D scanning ; Getting started with laser cutting ; Getting started with CNC machines ; Getting started with electronics.
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