This document discusses the open hardware and maker movements and how they are democratizing production. It highlights several key projects and organizations including Arduino, RepRap, MakerBot, Fab Labs, and Wikispeed. It also notes the rapid growth of hardware projects on Kickstarter, growing 10x from 2011 to 2013. The document advocates for making, learning, and sharing through global networks of makerspaces, hackerspaces, and fablabs to build local infrastructure for innovation.
15. “The [media] coverage of 3D printing
is like the coverage of microwave
ovens in the 50s. Microwaves are
useful for some things, but they didn’t
replace the rest of your kitchen,”
Neil Gershenfeld
MIT Center for Bits and Atoms
27. TRADITIONAL AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCT CYCLE = 7 YEARS!
WIKISPEED PRODUCT CYCLE = 7 DAYS!
!
THE WHOLE CAR CAN BE ENTIRELY DISMANTLED AND
RE-BUILT WITHIN A FEW HOURS!
Source : http://www.wikispeed.com