DARPA and corporate America funding the "Maker movement"

If scientists, inventors and entrepreneurial creators of intellectual property had to visualize their idea of a Nirvana on Earth, it would probably look something like TechShop. TechShop is a chain of workshops where entrepreneurs can pay a fee to use a facility equipped with everything they could possibly need to bring their ideas to life. The first TechShop opened in Menlo Park, CA in 2006. There are currently five facilities and many more planned for the near future. Each facility is...