It's home to countless entrepreneurial Shanzhai electronics manufacturers who copy, mix-and-mash, to create "Motoloba" handsets and "commemorative" Steve Jobs Android tablets.
"There is a need for computing or electronics in countless fields – energy, defence, entertainment, robotics, aerospace and education, just to name a few," says Teresa Schofield, chair of Women in Engineering group at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
No where is that more apparent than Beijing, where the halls of countless toy shops and electronics stores are filled foot to ceiling with sundry Bird-themed goods, from sweatshirts and jeans to candy and balloons.
At this point in portable electronics, consumers have countless ways to consume music.
The development of the germanium transistor in 1948 opened the door to countless applications of solid state electronics.
Copper wire is used in power generation, power transmission, power distribution, telecommunications, electronics circuitry, and countless types of electrical equipment.
"A negative vote in the House or Senate would be catastrophic to American agriculture, electronics, telecommunications, autos and countless other products and services," said former President Gerald R. Ford.
There are countless others tied up in this complex electronics web, both here and abroad.
I have met countless young people who share my passion for electronics, energy and invention, and have worked alongside some of the most inspiring leaders in the energy space.
Before long they slip into the fugue state familiar to any electronics shopper whose brain has been muddled by the countless distractions and the toasty and sour smells of hot silicon and new plastic.
The truth is that countless manufacturers could be accused of similar sins, or worse – not only in the electronics industry, but in businesses as diverse as textiles, tanneries and toys.
