WV13: Keynote – Making Makers
Thursday, May 23rd, 2013
Starting with a brief but colorful history of 19th and 20th century making, I’ll present the new tools and technologies that are driving innovation and giving individuals and small groups the ability to create amazing things that would’ve been out of their reach a few years ago. I will present new, inexpensive, and effective ways to conduct research and development, design prototypes, and set up manufacturing on the desktop or in the garage.
Notes:
1900’s 80% of americans work on farms. Had to make things. Now? 2% work on farms.
100 years ago, they were doing the same things that we are today in the maker community. Great examples of then/now articles that are doing the exact same thing.
1970’s was a cultural decline in making…
2nd phase of making – end the organizational advantage.
- Internet
- Hacker spaces
- 3D printing, home and printing
- Arduino
- Crowdsource funding