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Welcome to a world run by geeks and gadgets

By Paul Marks

11 November 2009

ELECTRONIC waste is a global problem – with an interesting corollary: there’s an awful lot of computer power just sitting doing nothing in those dumps. The characters in ‘s Makers harness some of that power by inventing imaginative gadgets forged from their own clever coding and 3D printers, creating a dynamic new economy as a result.

Want a self-driving car? Use a swarm of voice-controlled robot dolls to press the pedals and steer left and right on command. Or build a radio frequency identification (RFID) system that knows where everything in your house is. Or how about a robotic…

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