Is Manufacturing in China Right for Your Product?
China may seem like the obvious answer to your mass production needs, but there’s some things you should consider before you commit.
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How it’s Made: Building a Jumbo Jet Engine in 20 Days
The engine of a jumbo jet is a feat of engineering that takes 20 days to make. Learn how they’re made.
Going Glocal: Building a Business on Distributed Manufacturing
AtFAB founders Anne Filson and Gary Rohrbacher are reimagining the future of manufacturing with networked and distributed Makers.
Hacker Publishes a Rosetta Stone Style Book for Manufacturing in Shenzhen
Bunnie Huang is publishing a tool to help Makers get business done in Shenzhen (without having to learn Mandarin).
Artists Bring the Human Element to Industrial Design
Core77, a network serving cutting-edge designers, will host their Designing Here/Now Conference next week in Los Angeles.
Why Handcrafters Should Embrace Digital Fabrication
Around a year ago while I was tutoring a 3D printing workshop in San Juan, one of my 3D printers caught the attention of a couple of fine arts students. Interestingly, they took opposing attitudes towards the technology. One was amazed by the widening opportunities presented to him, while the other felt the need to […]
How and Why Your Startup Should Consider Onshore Manufacturing
It has become cool to build things again, and more companies are trying to manufacture their ideas stateside.
