The Entrepreneurs From Academia Reshaping Manufacturing And Supply Chains

Wikifactory offers a new way of designing and producing any physical product collaboratively, from anywhere. It’s a platform with a computer-aided design (CAD) system where designers, engineers, and manufacturers can view and discuss almost any 3D model, all in one place. They now have over 85,000 users making more than 4,500 physical products from across 190 countries. Wikifactory is being used for both open-source collaboration and private proprietary product innovation by individuals, startups and large companies. Projects include robotics, electric vehicles, agri-tech and sustainable energy appliances, such as a low-cost drone for reforestation called Dronecoria and parts for the first solar-powered car by Sono Motors.

Unlike most startups, you could say that Wikifactory started in the pages of academic research and an economics book; it has been years in…

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