Limor Fried on What's Ahead for ManufacturingThis innovator predicts how maker technologies will change in years to come.
ByLinda Lacina•
Manufacturing, once an arcane process locked away in factories, is becoming democratized. Technologies like 3-D printing, which have existed for decades, are now simplified enough to be done at a corner shop -- or even your own home. Limor Fried, the founder ofAdafruit Industries, has been at the forefront of the maker movement and she explains what she believes is to come for manufacturing.
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