Lizzy Bennett: We still make stuff in San Francisco(theatlantic.com)
theatlantic.com
Lizzy Bennett: We still make stuff in San Francisco
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/02/we-still-make-stuff-in-san-francisco/70946/
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Who are the startups making physical things as part of their business? I've seen wakemate and square... and few others.
As a hardware hacker/builder, I'm very, very interested in startups that make physical things, or need people that make physical things. Right now I work in corporate R&D, and spend most of my day building/rapid prototyping things that will never see the light of day.
HN and the startup world feel overwhelmingly software-based... but surely there must be a need for people like me, who can hack hardware and iterate on atoms very quickly. Can anyone give me a feeling of who and where those places might be? I'd like to get a better sense of what's been done and how people are using hardware in this space.
As a hardware hacker/builder, I'm very, very interested in startups that make physical things, or need people that make physical things. Right now I work in corporate R&D, and spend most of my day building/rapid prototyping things that will never see the light of day.
HN and the startup world feel overwhelmingly software-based... but surely there must be a need for people like me, who can hack hardware and iterate on atoms very quickly. Can anyone give me a feeling of who and where those places might be? I'd like to get a better sense of what's been done and how people are using hardware in this space.
Neuron Robotics is a Boston-area startup making a little USB device for prototyping hardware and robots with really easy to java libraries.
http://www.neuronrobotics.com/neuronrobotics/store/dyio/
Thanks, Derek, hadn't heard about these guys.
For the record, the majority of Timbuk2's bags are made in China. It's only their custom bags that are made in the city.
My one WF bag outlasted 2 PowerBooks and is now carrying my MBP. I'd love an indepth story on them (beyond their own descriptions on their site). Not to be a fanboy of WF or Apple, there does seem to be a similarity in their target markets: people sensitive to both design and usability.