Weekly #24
Discussions on being a manufacturing vs a brand building economy, sub-50k 3D printers in India and a lot more this week at Makerville!

Discussions and links
- Thermal pads and efficiency discussion here
- Anool has an idea for a hand cranked phone charger - never run out of battery when you are lost ever again!
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Kamal shared some BTS shots of an upcoming installation!
- Milind started a discussion on Indian companies making sub-50k 3D printers here
- Atomberg posted a BTS of their factory - pretty cool! Discussion and link here
- Would you use glow-in-the-dark PCBs? Discussion on how to have a similar effect here
- Discussion on Quilter - an AI based PCB design tool
- Vichaarak based Laptop? Sounds like a good idea? Pitch in your thoughts to Akshar on this discussion and maybe they do it!
- This was sparked by a discussion around a DIY open source laptop
- 6.13 kernel is out
- Nilesh has created a wiki for documenting repair friendly appliances and other things available in India - check it out here
- Anool is watching (and recommending) Buy Now
- BoAt did a spoofy, fun video about how they are doing upwards of 70% of their manufacturing in India now - do watch for a BTS of their manufacturing setup
- JT replied to a discussion about documenting screws and sparked a very long discussion about pros and cons of focusing on manufacturing in India. Can't do justice to the discussion by summarizing, so just head over and read here
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