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Collaborative product development that involves students, hackers, and the general public. | Collaborative product development that involves students, hackers, and the general public. | ||
We design simple, common goods that anyone can build and use at a fraction of the cost of store-bought goods. | We design simple, common, practical goods that anyone can build and use at a fraction of the cost of store-bought goods. We don't focus on trinkets, but useful things. | ||
This is a way to get involved in becoming a producer and creator, not a consumer who takes the choices that are already given. | This is a way to get involved in becoming a producer and creator, not a consumer who takes the choices that are already given. | ||
Our curriculum is intended to provide the learning materials and tools that allow anyone to become involved in design and creation of the world around them. | Our curriculum is intended to provide the learning materials and tools that allow anyone to become involved in design and creation of the world around them - by producing real things that they use. | ||
In addition to learning how to design things, how to think like an engineer, how to use CAD software, how to collaborate in teams, and how to build the things that one designs - we give everyone an opportunity to take part is something much bigger than themselves. We are an organization dedicated to creating the open source economy - an economy based on collaboration where people really work together without trade secrets to make a better world. | |||
Revision as of 02:51, 12 October 2018
Collaborative product development that involves students, hackers, and the general public.
We design simple, common, practical goods that anyone can build and use at a fraction of the cost of store-bought goods. We don't focus on trinkets, but useful things.
This is a way to get involved in becoming a producer and creator, not a consumer who takes the choices that are already given.
Our curriculum is intended to provide the learning materials and tools that allow anyone to become involved in design and creation of the world around them - by producing real things that they use.
In addition to learning how to design things, how to think like an engineer, how to use CAD software, how to collaborate in teams, and how to build the things that one designs - we give everyone an opportunity to take part is something much bigger than themselves. We are an organization dedicated to creating the open source economy - an economy based on collaboration where people really work together without trade secrets to make a better world.