Submission + - China's "Shanzai" electronic mash-up desig (bunniestudios.com)
saccade.com writes: "Bunnie (of XBox hacking
and Chumby fame) has written an
insightful post about
how a new phenomena emerging out of China called
"Shanzai" has
impacted the electronics business there.
A new class of innovators, they're going beyond merely copying western designs to producing electronic "mash-ups" to create new products. Bootstrapped on small amounts of capitol, they range from shops of just a few people to a few hundred. They rapidly create new products, and use an "open source" style design community where design ideas and component lists are shared."
A new class of innovators, they're going beyond merely copying western designs to producing electronic "mash-ups" to create new products. Bootstrapped on small amounts of capitol, they range from shops of just a few people to a few hundred. They rapidly create new products, and use an "open source" style design community where design ideas and component lists are shared."