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Research · Field 04FormingEmerging

Hardware, reborn

Small teams building devices again: sensors, instruments, wearables, chips, made possible by AI-assisted design and contract manufacturing.

Signals we watch

  • 01design-to-prototype time collapsing
  • 02UK contract manufacturers taking small runs
  • 03the first device companies of five people

Papers

PapersIn progress

The first paper on this field is in progress.

Who is building here

BuildersEmpty

Names will be added as companies appear in the research. None are listed until they have been written about.

Placement history

Forming · EmergingInitial placement

A field moves when the evidence moves. Every move is logged here with the paper that caused it.