Anna Waldman-Brown's presentation at FabLab Taiwan.

1. Fab
Nomadic
Life
Anna
Waldman-­‐Brown
annawab@fabfolk.com

2. Democra:za:on
of
Technology
The
tools
of
factory
produc:on…
are
now
available
to
individuals
–
Chris
Anderson
(Wired)

3. Worldwide
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10. Maker
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11. Maker
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video
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Gandhi

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13. Find
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