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Detours: makers, mind-fire, and grassroots engineering in Detroit

Detours: makers, mind-fire, and grassroots engineering in Detroit

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Matt Oehrlein is a maker — he designs machines not only for a large company, but for himself. After finding himself at a new job in unfamiliar Michigan, he decides to join a "makerspace" called i3 Detroit where he and other local residents come together to build whatever machines they can imagine.