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a talk I gave at the MakerFest 2013 (www.makerfest.com) in National Institute of Design (NID) , Ahmedabad. I talked about how the new Maker Revolution is bringing us back to our Maker roots.
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Humans, making since 4m years,
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and still going on.. being Makershttp://home.alphalink.com.au/~gfs/yaesu/JA1MP.jpg
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doing interesting stuff..
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Makers are Artisans / Craftsmen..
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more recently.. “S”
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more recently.. “T”
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more recently.. “E”
more recently.. “A”
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more recently.. “M”
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that’s S T E A M...❖ STEAM ?
➢ Science + Technology + Engineering + “Art+Design” + Math
❖ Aim to bring FUNctional literacy to all.
❖ Promotes bridging the gap between business and
educational goals to create a more productive and
sustainable global culture based on teamwork.
Modern Technology..❖ gives us instant access to knowledge, materials,
software and factories.
For the first time in history,
if you can imagine it,
you can realize it.
is pushing the Maker Movement❖ Movement based on a culture of DiY
❖ Creativity, Ingenuity, Skill
❖ Encompassing Arts, Crafts, Metal/Wood working,
Mechanics
❖ But also new technologies - Electronics, CNC
Machining, 3D Printing, Laser Cutters
the great Indian Jugaad act...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jugaad.jpg
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How did it start ?❖ Hackerspaces
❖ Easy availability of required tools
❖ Driven by the Open Hardware movement➢ Cheap Computers➢ Easy to use Microcontrollers➢ Machines for additive printing➢ Machines for subtractive machining➢ Cutting / Engraving machines
The spirit of Openness...❖ Open Source Software
➢ The right to make copies of the program, and distribute those copies.
➢ The right to have access to the software's source code, a necessary preliminary before you can change it.
➢ The right to make improvements to the program.❖ Open Source Hardware
➢ hardware whose design is made publicly available so that anyone can study, modify, distribute, make, and sell the design or hardware based on that design.
...fuels the Maker Revolution !❖ creating an explosion of open source projects
a Microcontroller for everyone❖ Arduino : http://arduino.cc/
Additive Machines, 3D Printer❖ RepRap : http://reprap.org/wiki/RepRap
Subtractive Machines, CNC❖ ShapeOko : http://www.shapeoko.com/
Cutting Machines, Laser❖ Lasersaur : http://www.lasersaur.com/
card sized Computers,❖ BeagleboneBlack : http://beagleboard.org/
...leading to “Show & Tell”events !❖ Open Hardware Summit : http://2013.oshwa.org/
...leading to “Show & Tell”events !❖ World Maker Faire : http://makerfaire.com/
...leading to “Show & Tell”events !❖ Mini Maker Faire’s
Come, and join in❖ How anyone and everyone can get involved
➢ Instructables➢ Coursera➢ Make Magazine / MakerShed➢ Thingverse➢ Tindie➢ Inventables➢ Ponoko➢ Adafruit Industries➢ Evil Mad Science➢ Sparkfun➢ Hackaday
Have an Idea ? Build it !
My journey as a Maker❖ Share some personal experiences in my journey as a
Maker to illustrate what can be achieved.
Thank You
