Taiwan Rising

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How did Taiwan ascend to such great heights in high-tech manufacturing? Honghong Tinn, author of Island Tinkerers, shares the fascinating history of how hobbyists and enthusiasts in Taiwan helped transform the country through innovative and creative computer use. 

Here's what you'll learn:

• Why the stereotype that “the West innovates, and the East imitates" is false!
• The central role of National Chiao-Tung University in creating Taiwan's computer industry.
• How Taiwanese engineers tinkering with “black-boxed” computers provided through international aid in the 1960s led to a dream of making computers of their own.
• How these inventive efforts laid the foundation for Taiwanese global tech giants like Acer, Asus, Quanta, and TSMC.

You can catch the full program here and enjoy reading the blog recap here.