Makers : the new industrial revolution /
By: Anderson, Chris
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BookPublisher: New York : Crown Business, c2013.Edition: 1st ed.Description: 257 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780307720955 (trade); 0307720950Subject(s): Entrepreneurship | Microfabrication | Micromachining | Business enterprises -- Technological innovations | Manufacturing processesDDC classification: 338/.04 Online resources: Location Map | Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| 338 JO WO Working virtually : | 338.00184 LO PA The path of economic growth | 338.01 AL AG The age of oversupply : | 338.04 AN MA Makers : | 338.04 BA EN Entrepreneurship : | 338.04 BA EN Entrepreneurship : | 338.04 BA ES Essentials of entrepreneurship : |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-246) and index.
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 -- Open hardware -- Reinventing the biggestfactories of all -- The open organization -- Financing the maker movement -- Maker businesses -- The factory in the Cloud -- DIY biology -- The new shape of the industrial world -- The 21st-century workshop -- Getting started with CAD -- Getting started with 3D printing -- Getting started with 3D scanning -- Getting started with laser cutting -- Getting started with CNC machines -- Getting started with electronics.
Reveals that a new industrial revolution is under way using open-source design, 3-D printing and micro-manufacturing techniques to create products in small batches, often customized at higher margins.
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