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Storyboard: Episode 14 - Atoms are the New Bits
Wired Storyboard Audio Podcast
English - February 05, 2010 12:00 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MB - ★★★★ - 14 ratingsSociety & Culture Technology wired wired magazine wired.com storyboard Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Storyboard: Episode 13 - How Success Killed Duke Nukem
Next Episode: Storyboard: Episode 15 - The Decision Tree
In an age of open source, custom-fabricated, DIY product design all you need to conquer the world-and to profit-is a brilliant idea. In his previous best seller Chris Anderson discussed the long tail of bits, that described how open source software products that served a niche market collectively take up a larger market share than the large bestselling products. In his latest Wired story he argues that thanks to the democratization of the tools of manufacturing, we're starting to see a new movement towards the long tail of stuff. Is this the new industrial revolution?