Makers: The New Industrial Revolution

anderson does a nice job of outlining for the general public some of the developments in recent years around limited run manufacturing, 3D printing, arduino, open source software and how these elements are coming together to provide us with bespoke/unique products and that there’s a whole range of opportunity around new and novel financing models (kickstarter, etc.) and that perhaps there’s hope for a return to manufacturing as an industry in the US.

the book’s worth a serious gander for the references to all sorts of cool projects that people are working on and additional sources for parts. :)

it’s hardly an exhaustive or in depth treatise on the topic, but a fun, quick read that will likely have you googling up a number of things while your’re reading it.