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Making things in China

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Bunnie posted up more in the "Made in China" videos/article series. It's a really interesting view in to what actually goes in design, development and bringing a product to market when you go overseas, in this case the open source "Chumby" a Wi-Fi clock-like companion that does interactive applications... Link.

More:

Made in China: Automation - Link.
Made in China: Quality (or, The Challenge) - Link.
Made in China: Precision - Link.
Made in China: Craft - Link.
Made in China: Skill - Link.

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Posted by: on December 3, 2007 at 6:02 AM

neat, usually we are led to believe tiny devices are created by elves, its all majik :)

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