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7. Yep. This is covered quite well in "Makers: The New Industrial Revolution" by Chris Anderson

Wed Dec 18, 2013, 01:48 AM

Dec 2013

http://www.amazon.com/Makers-The-New-Industrial-Revolution/dp/0307720950

He talks about MakerBot and other great companies springing up to fill this new realm of our 21st century manufacturing and design economy.

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The Future of Shop Class [View all] xchrom Dec 2013 OP

bright spot GladRagDahl Dec 2013 #1

k/r marmar Dec 2013 #2

The book "Shop class as soulcraft" dealt with this subject well. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2013 #4

Why just boys? chalky Dec 2013 #5

Do you ever have a thought that isn't sexist? LeftyMom Dec 2013 #8

Nope. Gravitycollapse Dec 2013 #9

Don't tell me, you think more women should take home economics... Gravitycollapse Dec 2013 #10

I was pontificating at dinner tonight about Breaking Bad XemaSab Dec 2013 #6

Everything I ever made in shop class wound up being an ashtray. Buns_of_Fire Dec 2013 #11