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@pluralistic This idea needs to be shouted from the rooftops. Piggybacking has the potential to make so many open source hardware projects a reality which simply wouldn't otherwise be possible!

We as a community should come up with a way to crowdsource this - some way to connect people with cool hardware designs to people in manufacturing who are willing to piggyback their designs in.

#oshw #manufacturing #opensource

Cory Doctorow

@pluralistic@mamot.fr · 2 weeks ago

If Andrew "bunnie" Huang didn't exist, I'd swear he was a character out of a(n extraordinarily technologically well-informed) cyberpunk novel. Every time I interact with this legendary hardware hacker, he blows my mind with some project or insight that permanently alters how I think about tech.

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/09/quantity-break/#so-many-chips

https://pluralistic.net

Pluralistic: bunnie's piggyback hack (09 Jan 2026)

Lynx

@Lynx@ohai.social replied · last week

@pluralistic This idea needs to be shouted from the rooftops. Piggybacking has the potential to make so many open source hardware projects a reality which simply wouldn't otherwise be possible!

We as a community should come up with a way to crowdsource this - some way to connect people with cool hardware designs to people in manufacturing who are willing to piggyback their designs in.

#oshw #manufacturing #opensource

Hacker News

@h4ckernews@mastodon.social · last week

39c3: In-house electronics manufacturing from scratch: How hard can it be? [video]

https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-in-house-electronics-manufacturing-from-scratch-how-hard-can-it-be

#HackerNews #39c3 #electronics #manufacturing #inhouse #video #DIY #tech

Hacker News

@h4ckernews@mastodon.social · 2 weeks ago

Space Forge plans to manufacture semiconductors from space

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-push-to-make-semiconductors-in-space-just-took-a-serious-leap-forward/

#HackerNews #SpaceForge #Semiconductors #Space #Manufacturing #Tech #Innovation #Aerospace

Scientific American

The Push to Make Semiconductors in Space Just Took a Serious Leap Forward

Space Forge plans to manufacture semiconductors from space—without the need for humans

Dave Rahardja 🎄

@drahardja@sfba.social · 4 weeks ago

This is a rather good explainer about China’s manufacturing layout, and why certain industries seem to cluster around specific cities.

I think many US cities were shaped like this: Detroit, Pittsburgh, Seattle etc. and largely for the same reason, and I think a lot of them still echo their manufacturing past. But none of them are at the widespread scale that we find in China any more. And this is yet another reason why it’s exceedingly difficult to replicate China’s manufacturing capacity in the US today. It’s not just money; it’s millions of people arranging their lives around manufacturing.

#china #manufacturing #supplyChain

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_nBC6mJ4Upg