Welcome to the 2013 Hardware Innovation Workshop
Experience the open hardware revolution firsthand!
MAKE Hardware Innovation Workshop
The Maker Movement is Transforming Business
It's widely acknowledged that the maker movement is having far reaching effects on business, our economy, even our everyday way of life. MAKE magazine and Intel co-sponsored a survey among a cross-section of the maker universe to provide an in-depth profile of makers at the forefront of hardware innovation.
The research reports covers the following topics:
- How makers describe themselves
- The types of projects makers are involved in
- Hardware/tools they use
- Collaboration and sharing
- Relationship with business initiatives
- Business funding and crowdfunding
- Maker innovators by segment
- Maker demographics (personal, education and business)
- Attitudes towards making and corporate manufacturers
Download the report here.
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The Maker Movement Meets the VCs
"[The maker movement is] as significant as the shift from agriculture to the early industrial era." Jeremy Rifkin, Wharton economist. Bloomberg Business Week, 2/16/12
Why It's China's Turn to Worry about Manufacturing
"Artificial intelligence, robotics, and digital manufacturing . . . these technologies will make manufacturing more creative, less expensive, more local and more personal." 1/10/12
More than Just Digital Quilting
"The maker movement could change how science is taught and boost innovation. It may even herald a new industrial revolution." 12/3/11
Moving the Economy: The Future of the Maker Movement
"I'm motivated and moved by the idea, the belief-that the people who invent and build and make things have the power to change the world." TJ McCue, 10/26/11 Forbes Blog
Big DYI: The Year the Maker Movement Broke
"Between MakerBot, Adafruit, MakerSHED and SparkFun, that's well over tens of millions of revenue . . .it's a real industry now." Phillip Torrone, Adafruit. 8/6/11
Maker Faire and the Growth of Do-It-Yourself
"The movement that caught on in the garages and basements of California's Bay Area is showing signs of true financial power." Gwen Moran 10/25/11