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.

1. The
Maker
Movement
A new Revolution is upon us !
Anool J Mahidharia
@anool
anool@wyolum.com

2. Humans, making since 4m years,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:National_park_stone_tools.jpg

3. and still going on.. being Makers
http://home.alphalink.com.au/~gfs/yaesu/JA1MP.jpg
http://jproc.ca/rrp/ontario_ham_radio.jpg

4. doing interesting stuff..
http://www.theprovince.com/cms/binary/9134948.jpg

5. Makers are Artisans / Craftsmen..
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Indiacarpenter.jpg/640pxIndiacarpenter.jpg

6. more recently.. “S”
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Indiacarpenter.jpg/640pxIndiacarpenter.jpg

7. more recently.. “T”
http://vespa150.com/mi9.htm

8. more recently.. “E”

9. more recently.. “A”
http://anools-origami.tripod.com/album.htm

10. more recently.. “M”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ZXSpectrum48k.jpg

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. 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

14. the great Indian Jugaad act...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jugaad.jpg
http://www.colorsmagazine.
com/stories/magazine/81/story/allpurpose-tricycle

15. How did it start ?
❖ Hackerspaces
❖ Easy availability of required tools
❖ Driven by the Open Hardware movement
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Cheap Computers
Easy to use Microcontrollers
Machines for additive printing
Machines for subtractive machining
Cutting / Engraving machines

16. 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.

17. ...fuels the Maker Revolution !
❖ creating an explosion of open source projects

18. a Microcontroller for everyone
❖ Arduino : http://arduino.cc/

19. Additive Machines, 3D Printer
❖ RepRap : http://reprap.org/wiki/RepRap

20. Subtractive Machines, CNC
❖ ShapeOko : http://www.shapeoko.com/

21. Cutting Machines, Laser
❖ Lasersaur : http://www.lasersaur.com/

22. card sized Computers,
❖ BeagleboneBlack : http://beagleboard.org/

23. ...leading to “Show & Tell”events !
❖ Open Hardware Summit : http://2013.oshwa.org/

24. ...leading to “Show & Tell”events !
❖ World Maker Faire : http://makerfaire.com/

25. ...leading to “Show & Tell”events !
❖ Mini Maker Faire’s

26. Come, and join in
❖ How anyone and everyone can get involved
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Instructables
Coursera
Make Magazine / MakerShed
Thingverse
Tindie
Inventables
Ponoko
Adafruit Industries
Evil Mad Science
Sparkfun
Hackaday

27. Have an Idea ? Build it !

28. My journey as a Maker
❖ Share some personal experiences in my journey as a
Maker to illustrate what can be achieved.

29. Thank You