wtorek, 6 maja 2014

Do-it-yourselfers inspire hardware renaissance in Silicon Valley

A clothing designer area is pictured at TechShop in the South of Market neighborhood in San Francisco By Noel Randewich SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - In the shadow of Internet monoliths such as Facebook, Google and Twitter, it's easy to forget that Silicon Valley got its start from hard-scrabble tinkerers building radios, microchips and other devices. 3D printer maker MakerBot Industries was sold for $400 million in 2013 to Stratasys Inc - just three years after it was cofounded by a former art teacher. All of them embody the growing focus on hardware and the so-called "Maker movement" sweeping northern California and, in a smaller way, Europe and other countries. "Two and a half years ago when we were started, it was rough," said Jeremy Conrad, co-founder of Lemnos Labs, an incubator that provides funding, tools and guidance for startups working on physical products.








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