Makers

Wired magazine editor 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 abou...

Wired magazine editor 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”.

克里斯·安德森，现任《连线》杂志主编。在他的带领下，《连线》已多次获得国家杂志奖提名，并赢得了2005年、2007年及2009年卓越新闻奖最高奖项。2009年，该杂志被《广告周刊》杂志的各位编辑评为“十年最佳杂志”。安德森是3D Robotics和DIY Drones的联合创始人。3D Robotics是一家发展迅速的空中机器人制造企业。安德森也是《纽约时报》畅销书《长尾理论》及《免费：商业的未来》的作者，目前住在旧金山湾区。