In Makers, author and Wired magazine editor Chris Anderson explores how today’s cutting-edge manufacturers are harnessing high-tech tools, like open source design and 3-D printing, to usher in a new age of custom-made, do-it-yourself production.
| Hardcover, 272pp |
| Crown Publishing Group, October 2012 |
| ISBN-13: 9780307720955 |
| Barnes & Noble online price: $13.98 |
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SYNOPSIS
Wired magazine editor and bestselling author Chris Anderson takes you to the front lines of a new industrial revolution as today’s entrepreneurs, using open source design and 3-D printing, bring manufacturing to the desktop. In an age of custom-fabricated, do-it-yourself product design and creation, the collective potential of a million garage tinkerers and enthusiasts is about to be unleashed, driving a resurgence of American manufacturing. A generation of “Makers” using the Web’s innovation model will help drive the next big wave in the global economy, as the new technologies of digital design and rapid prototyping give everyone the power to invent — creating “the long tail of things.”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Chris Anderson is the editor in chief of
Wired, which he has led to multiple National Magazine Award nominations, as well as winning the prestigious top prize for General Excellence in 2005, 2007, and 2009. In 2009, the magazine was named Magazine of the Decade by the editors of
AdWeek. He is the co-founder of 3D Robotics, a fast-growing manufacturer of aerial robots, and DIY Drones. Anderson is the author of the New York Times bestseller
The Long Tail and Free: The Future of a Radical Price. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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