The company outsources the entire manufacture of the device to a number of Asian enterprises, among them Asustek, Inventec Appliances and Foxconn.

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Ben and some friends started a company, Inventech Enterprises, LLC, to try to bring to manufacture a number of the prototypes developed for the AbilityOne Design Challenge over the past 4 years.

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Previously limited to the labour-intensive manufacture of light-industrial goods such as toys, pens or shoes, private enterprises can now muster the wherewithal to invest in capital-intensive projects such as car factories and steel plants.

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