What impresses me most about the do-it-yourselfers of the old days was their ability to make anything out of just about nothing being greatly imaginative. Nowadays in engineering, we look into catalogues, do machine work and integrate. It feels that with respect to technology, there are two kinds of people: those who manufacture and those who consume. In his presentation below, Neil Gershenfeld explains how everyone might create technology in the years to come, a little like how everyone creates information today.
What impresses me most about the do-it-yourselfers of the old days was their ability to make anything out of just about...
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