An overview of the main elements of social manufacturing, including open hardware, digital fabrication, and crowdfunding, and the potential they have to enable the proliferation of the emerging new generation of connected hardware devices. I gave this presentation at the International Conference of Industrial Innovation at Taiwan NCCU on 15 March 2013.
1. Social Manufacturing
Richard Brown
VP International Marketing
VIA Technologies, Inc
2. Taiwan at a Crossroads
• New design innovations
• New apps and services
• New product categories
• New markets
PC Economy Connected Cloud
3. Hardware, Software, & Cloud Unite!
“There's going to be an
explosion of integrated
hardware/software
solutions that manage
your car, life, music,
refrigerator,” Eric Schmidt
15. Formulate Your Execution Plan
• Product development
• Rapid prototyping
• Community engagement
• Product tuning
• Create new apps and services
• Crowdfunding pitch
34. Roger’s Predictions about Social
Manufacturing (Now Evidence-free)
1. Social is more important than manufacturing.
(Steve Job better than Bill Gates)
2. We need hard thinkers as well as hard
workers.(Japanese workers die from Karōshi. US workers die
from boredom.)
3. We need deep imagination more than we need
shallow cleverness.
35. Final Thoughts
• Build on your strengths
• Taiwan hardware capital of the world
• Share, listen, and learn
• The community will guide you
• Execute fast
• Embrace competition
• Be realistic
• Markets of 10,000
• Have fun!
• People respond to passion