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Could hardware hacking save us?
           Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino, CEO of Tinker.it!




           Ignite North UK, January 22nd 2009


Friday, 13 February 2009
Save us from what?
           Credit crunch
           Despair
           Boredom
           Not knowing how to make things
           with our hands
           Not knowing how things are made
           Problem solving in the new century
           Knowledge barriers
           Dependency on big institutions
           But how?

Friday, 13 February 2009
Reduce things to their simplest
         expression
Friday, 13 February 2009
Reduce the false sense complexity
Friday, 13 February 2009
Papercamp 09
                              Paper-based making session




         Thinking by making
Friday, 13 February 2009
Open Frameworks workshop
                                         February 2008




         Create a community
Friday, 13 February 2009
BFI Toy hacking demo
                           Grannies on wheels hacked




         Reuse the known to discover the
         unknown
Friday, 13 February 2009
Learn a new language
Friday, 13 February 2009
John Nussey
                           Oyster card snowflake generator




         Use the tools you know
Friday, 13 February 2009
Omer Kilic
                            Founder of Tinkering Society
                                           in Canterbury




         Enjoy making something yourself
Friday, 13 February 2009
Tom Coates & Matt Jones
                                Personal Informatics




         Tracking yourself
Friday, 13 February 2009
Nick O’Leary
                           Monitoring the energy use
                           in your home using MQTT




         Doing your bit
Friday, 13 February 2009
Camille Moussette
                                       BBC weather hack
                                   with Ethernet Arduino




         Because the internet is getting physical
Friday, 13 February 2009
Rob Davis
                             Arduino-powered fencing box




         Because the screen isn’t everything
Friday, 13 February 2009
Internet of things
                                              Nabaztag
                                                 Mir:ror
                                            iPod + Nike
                                      Tracking pigeons
                                     Current cost meter




         Because objects are talking to us
Friday, 13 February 2009
Alex Baker
                           Prototyping box




         It’s about going beyond the breadboard
Friday, 13 February 2009
Floor it!
                                 Shawn Bonkowski &
                                        Mike Albers


         Because people want to make products
Friday, 13 February 2009
PCB design
                                                   Ponoko
                                         Small productions
                                            Micro markets




         Because it’s about new skills
Friday, 13 February 2009
“Rather, it has been the risk-takers, the
                           doers, the makers of things -- some
                           celebrated, but more often men and women
                           obscure in their labor”


                           January 20th 2009.




Friday, 13 February 2009
Thanks!
          Matt Biddulph
          http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3216759774/
          http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3210084519/

          Nicolas Nova
          http://www.flickr.com/photos/nnova/3064536640/




           alex@tinker.it



Friday, 13 February 2009

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6: Could hardware hacking save us? (Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino)

  • 1. Could hardware hacking save us? Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino, CEO of Tinker.it! Ignite North UK, January 22nd 2009 Friday, 13 February 2009
  • 2. Save us from what? Credit crunch Despair Boredom Not knowing how to make things with our hands Not knowing how things are made Problem solving in the new century Knowledge barriers Dependency on big institutions But how? Friday, 13 February 2009
  • 3. Reduce things to their simplest expression Friday, 13 February 2009
  • 4. Reduce the false sense complexity Friday, 13 February 2009
  • 5. Papercamp 09 Paper-based making session Thinking by making Friday, 13 February 2009
  • 6. Open Frameworks workshop February 2008 Create a community Friday, 13 February 2009
  • 7. BFI Toy hacking demo Grannies on wheels hacked Reuse the known to discover the unknown Friday, 13 February 2009
  • 8. Learn a new language Friday, 13 February 2009
  • 9. John Nussey Oyster card snowflake generator Use the tools you know Friday, 13 February 2009
  • 10. Omer Kilic Founder of Tinkering Society in Canterbury Enjoy making something yourself Friday, 13 February 2009
  • 11. Tom Coates & Matt Jones Personal Informatics Tracking yourself Friday, 13 February 2009
  • 12. Nick O’Leary Monitoring the energy use in your home using MQTT Doing your bit Friday, 13 February 2009
  • 13. Camille Moussette BBC weather hack with Ethernet Arduino Because the internet is getting physical Friday, 13 February 2009
  • 14. Rob Davis Arduino-powered fencing box Because the screen isn’t everything Friday, 13 February 2009
  • 15. Internet of things Nabaztag Mir:ror iPod + Nike Tracking pigeons Current cost meter Because objects are talking to us Friday, 13 February 2009
  • 16. Alex Baker Prototyping box It’s about going beyond the breadboard Friday, 13 February 2009
  • 17. Floor it! Shawn Bonkowski & Mike Albers Because people want to make products Friday, 13 February 2009
  • 18. PCB design Ponoko Small productions Micro markets Because it’s about new skills Friday, 13 February 2009
  • 19. “Rather, it has been the risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things -- some celebrated, but more often men and women obscure in their labor” January 20th 2009. Friday, 13 February 2009
  • 20. Thanks! Matt Biddulph http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3216759774/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3210084519/ Nicolas Nova http://www.flickr.com/photos/nnova/3064536640/ alex@tinker.it Friday, 13 February 2009