From the article:"When you lower the barrier for people to prototype, and for people to become part of the manufacturing and design process, you go from tens or

From the article:"When you lower the barrier for people to prototype, and for people to become part of the manufacturing and design process, you go from tens or hundreds of people to tens of thousands of people who can take part" A way to further decentralize manufacturing and encourage cheap prototyping would be to embrace 3d printer technology advances and reductions in cost.