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The future isn't just coded — it's built

Lauren Dunford · TED

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About

Look around — almost everything you see was manufactured, from baby formula to AI data centers and beyond. Yet we rarely think about how it’s all made. Factory fixer Lauren Dunford pulls back the curtain on modern manufacturing, revealing just how thrilling and world-shaping this unsung engine of progress can be. Discover how reinventing this overlooked industry could be one of the most important opportunities of our time — and why we all have a role to play.

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TED2025
Speaker
Lauren Dunford
Year
2025
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Engineering, Earth and environment, Business and management
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
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