Intro to the Austin Hardware

Community

Sam Spetalnick

@IAmSamATX

The Maker Movement

Blurring Lines

Blurred Lines

Open Access

Major Brands

Austin Community

Connected Devices

• iControl

• ihiji

• iConnect

• Atlas Wearables

• Nuve

• Allure Energy

• Life Assist

• Plum (formerly Ube)

Hardware Design Companies

Annual Events

May 3rd Travis County Expo Center

@ATXMakerFaire

Annual Events

October TechShop

@RRMakerFaire

Annual Events

Hardware Startup Weekend June 13th-15th

TechShop

Annual Events

March @CreateATX

Monthly Events & Meetups

• Hardware Startup Meetup – @atxhw – Capital Factory

• Dorkbot – @dorkbotatx – The North Door & The Thinkery

• TechBreakfast – @TechBreakfast – Capital Factory

• The Robot Group

– Various

Coworking & Makerspaces

Kristen von Minden and Eve Trester-Wilson

@MAKEatx

Martin Bogomolni and Michelle Elbert

@AustinHackSpace

Brooke Davis

@TechShopAustin

Democratizing Access to The Tools of Innovation

Crowdfunding

More Austin Hardware Companies

• Pixy

• wigwag

• Briggo

• RoboReel

• Welcome

• Flow Gardens

• Lynx Laboratories

• Sapphire

• Kenguru

• Pecan Street Research

&

UT

• Dr. Steven Nichols

Major Companies with “Maker” and Hardware Interests

• Dell

• Intel

• National Instruments

• Silicon Labs

• Samsung

• AMD

• Google

• Freescale

• 3M

• TI

Key People

• Phil Wheat

• Jim Clardy

• Bartley Gillan

• Russell Stanphill

• Kami Wilt

• Katie Kizziar

• Laura Smith

• Aaron Haley

• Richard Knight

• Jean Anne Booth

• Casey Janowski

• Robert Thomas

• Samantha Fechtel

• Dustin Younse

embrace

Start Making