Month: October 2012

Design and DIY: How Makers are Influencing Product Design with Allan Chochinov (Core77), Tad Toulis (TEAGUE), Gadi Amit (New Deal Design), Jared Ficklin (FROG), Carla Diana (Smart Design)
Hackers, modders, DIYers and makers of all kinds are influencing how product designers approach their craft. Come learn first hand how 4 top designers are embracing this new ethos, the implications it holds for their profession, and how maker culture is impacting the very nature of what it means to design.

World Maker Faire 2012: Chris Anderson & Bre Pettis “From Maker Movement to New Industrial Revolution”
How big can the Maker Movement get? Can it really restart a manufacturing renaissance in America? Will desktop fabrication have as much impact as desktop computing did? Bre Pettis (MakerBot) and Chris Anderson (Wired/3D Robotics, author of Makers) discuss the lessons learned in building big Maker businesses, and give a glimpse of where they think this movement is going.

World Maker Faire 2012: The Arduino Hour with Massimo Banzi & Alf-Egil Bogen
Catch up on the latest news and the story behind Arduino, the popular open-source electronics prototyping platform. Massimo Banzi, co-founder of the Arduinio Project, will share the latest developments in the Arduino open source microcontroller; Alf-Egin Bogen, CMO of Atmel and one of the three inventors of the AVR microcontroller architecture, will talk about the creation of the ATmega series of AVR chips, the hardware heart of the Arduino movement. Bring your questions session will end with open Q&A.

World Maker Faire 2012: John Dudas, “FIRST for the Future”
Jon will speak about how FIRST and Maker share the same spirit- he will share team stories about the importance of collaboration, how FIRST helps kids find their passion for STEM and gives them an opportunity to pursue their passion as a career.

World Maker Faire 2012: John Robb,”Building Resilient Communities”
Do you live in a Resilient Community? A resilient community produces the food, energy, water, things, and incomes it needs locally. If you don’t live in one, build one. I’ll tell you how.

World Maker Faire 2012: AnnMarie Thomas, “Every Child a Maker”
AnnMarie will talk about the work of the Maker Education Initiative, focusing on developing the people, places and practices that will allow more children the opportunity to be makers. Supporting the next generation of makers is an endeavor that has a role for everyone!

World Maker Faire 2012: Seth Godin, “Art and Science and Making Things”
The industrialist mindset of productivity and predictable perfection has infected all elements of our lives, from school to science. Once you see it, you’ll understand how it pushes us to avoid the hard work of doing truly interesting science, and how it encourages us to avoid the maker mindset. In this informal talk, I’ll try to get under your skin, at least a little, about what’s at stake.