The Project Begins
Today we began the MakerCulture Project. We had a quick introduction
to the concept. Here's the elevator pitch:
A worldwide network of makers has created a "printer" capable of
replicating complex parts, even all the parts to replicate itself.
They want to use it to attack globalization and reinvent manufacturing
and factories as we know it.
They're part of a growing do-it-yourself (DIY) or Maker culture that
is reshaping not just manufacturing, but software, art and government.
It's a crosslinked culture that blends hardware and software skills
and vision with a political view that dismisses copyright, digital
rights managment and ownership.
The movement is rooted in the early issues of Popular Mechanics, in
the pages of the Whole Earth Catalogue, in the hacker scientist
mentality of Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison and in the improbable antics
of Angus MacGyver. Today it finds a home in Make Magazine and the
Maker Faire or at a hacker Defcon conference.
This feature series will use social media tools and online multimedia
to tell the story of Maker Culture.
Here we go! Stay tuned for our progress.
