Makers: The New Industrial Revolution

Chris Anderson once again reinvents the future in "Makers": a big vision driven by down-to-earth and practical ideas. "A thrilling manifesto, a call to arms to quit your day job, pick up your tools, and change the future of manufacturing and business forever.” –BoingBoing"Chris Anderson has been called many things: a visionary, a pioneer of the Internet economy, a proselytizer of DIY 2.0. Anderson delivers a compelling blueprint of a future where America can lead in making things again." –Elon Musk, co-fouder of Tesla Motors and CEO of SpaceX “In Makers, Chris Anderson gives us a fascinating glimpse of a hands-on future, a future where ‘if you can imagine it, you can build it.’”

. In 2009, the magazine was named Magazine of the Decade by the editors of AdWeek. He was the editor in chief of Wired until 2012, during which, he led the magazine to multiple National Magazine Award nominations, as well as winning the prestigious top prize for General Excellence in 2005, 2007, and 2009. CHRIS ANDERSON is the CEO and co-founder of 3D Robotics, a fast-growing

3D Robotics co-founder 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 gives everyone the power to invent--creating “the long tail of things”.

"A book for the interested as well as for those seriously considering doing it" according to Yoda. This book starts off with a story on the author’s grandfather, a successful engineer and immigrant from the old country. The author tells the tale of how, many, many years ago an innovator had to not only come up with a successful idea but, more importantly, due to capital requirements stemming from a large number of factors . Sam Maniotes said What Do You Want To Make Today?. I found this book to be very interesting and full of a lot of insight. The author touched on a variety of relevant topics in manufacturing, automation, and the maker movement. The information presented throughout the book is very relevant in today's market. The author explains his personal global relationships with manufacturing co. Overall, a very interesting glimpse in the future of ebros Overall, a very interesting glimpse in the future of industry. What seems to be of even greater import than the rise of 3D Printers and laser cutters is the rise of open source design and crowd funding when it comes to increasing innovation and lowering costs to market. Most of the business models Anderson details (except for Squar