Neal Gershenfeld is one of the leaders of the idea of personal fabrication, where small devices controlled by computers can produce objects designed by individuals. It can offer a new form of manufacturing, while democratizing the production process. The formation of Fab Labs across the country has slowly developed with a culture of makers surrounding it.

 
Louis Kahn is one of the great modern architects, and is unique in his style by presenting a monumental aspect to the buildings he designed. They tend to look heavier with stone than the more larger works by other modern architects that are made with steel and glass.