我觉得这种改变真正的动力是一整代发明家们，他们知道网络上那些快速、便宜的“原料”的能力并且想在实际生活中运用一下。

It's driven by a generation of inventors who've learned the power of fast, cheap 'making' on the web and want to try it in the world.

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一些例如Instructables.com 和 wikiHow.com的网站开始成为发明家还有其他人的喜爱的网络会议场所。

Websites like Instructables.com and wikiHow.com have become popular virtual meeting places for inventors and others.

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所以，当全世界的发明家们只在灯泡上做文章的时候，他却构想出了一幅宏观蓝图——一个包含了发电机、电表、电线和变电站在内的完整网络。

So, while inventors around the world worked only on the bulb, he conceived an entire network of generators, meters, transmission lines, and substations.

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