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In order to help out his friends and fellow geeks, James “Laen” Neal organized and collected orders for printed circuit boards (PCBs) for them. This service grew to be Laen’s full-time job ( OSHPark.com ), and the unique purple circuit boards he offers can be seen all over the Web inside thousands of projects across the globe.
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Osborn, S. (2013). Laen. In: Makers at Work. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-5993-0_4
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