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Fri 07 Jul 2009Homemade products for the internet generation
WIRED: Innovative hardware hackers are making personal manufacturing a reality
WE’VE ALL become used to the idea that the internet changed fame. A kid’s blog can beat a media corporation’s efforts in popularity. News can break from any point on the globe via Twitter or YouTube. Successful software can emerge from a garage. The internet eliminates the infrastructural requirements that were once a barrier to success and adoption – it is the ultimate equaliser of virtual goods.
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