Edited by author 08-16-2005 10:37 PM
The past century saw the emergence of corporate and military "think-tank" laboratories as a dominant site for technological innovation. The "Make-Tank" is a more grounded alternative to this model, firmly rooted in the belief that tinkering and hands-on experimentation is pivotal in discovering the potentials of emerging technologies and scientific discoveries. Make-Tanks existed before this period (in another Menlo Park, for instance), lurked in garages during, and are again on the rise, even as corporate research funding is on the wane.
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