Local Motors is a company that uses an open-source model to co-create vehicle designs with online communities. They develop these designs using rapid prototyping and then manufacture the resulting vehicles on-site using 3D printing and computer-controlled manufacturing. This approach allows them to develop new vehicles much faster using less capital than traditional methods.
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MICROFACTORY
Manufacturing Floor
The Shop
Rapid Product
Development Lab
Service
Design
Team
Entrance
The Results
• 5x’s Faster
• 100x’s Less Capital
8. HOW IT WORKS
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IDEA
Design Team
Development Lab
Manufacturing Floor
The Shop
Service
Entrance
OPEN
9. HOW IT WORKS
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MAKE
Service
Entrance
Rapid Product
Development Lab
Design
Team
Manufacturing
Floor
The Shop
10. HOW IT WORKS
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SHOP
The Shop
Manufacturing Floor
Rapid Product
Development Lab
Design
Team
Entrance
Service
CAD Software Surface Science Anchor Products Accessories Design Tools
16. THE CHALLENGE
Design a Vehicle to Radically Reduce Part Count
-or-
Design a Vehicle for Direct Digital Manufacture
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IDEA | 3D Printed Car
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IDEA | 3D Printed Car
Challenge Stats
• 4 weeks
• 207 Projects
• 30 Countries Represented
TOP ENTRIES
18. 3D Printed Car CHALLENGE WINNER
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• “STRATI” by
Michele Anoé
IDEA | 3D Printed Car
19. Manufacturing Floor
Design
Team The Shop
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Service
Entrance
Rapid Product
Development Lab
MAKE | 3D Printed Car
32. OPEN SOURCE ADVANTAGE
Linus Law
“Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow”
- In honor of Linus Torvalds as per Eric Raymond
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33. OPEN SOURCE ADVANTAGE
Joy’s Corollary
“No Matter Who You Are, Most of the Smartest
People Work for Someone Else”
- Bill Joy, Co-Founder, Sun Microsystems
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34. OPEN SOURCE ADVANTAGE
Rogers BFO
“Organizing people to develop Hardware together
openly is an epic challenge”
- Jay Rogers, Founder Local Motors
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49. MAKER FAIRE
NYC
SEMA 2014
Nov 4-7
Las Vegas
AT&T Connected Car and Home Hackathon
Across America
attcarhomehackathon.com
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50. A REVOLUTION | FOR ALL INDUSTRY
firstbuild
Invent a new world of home appliances
by creating a socially-engaged community of home enthusiasts,
designers, engineers, and makers that will share ideas, try them out, and
build real products to improve your life.
Manufacturing
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