Understanding the Maker Movement

This assignment delves into the concept of the Maker Movement, examining its origins, characteristics, and influence on various aspects of life. It analyzes the role of technology in facilitating maker culture, highlighting examples like 3D printing and CNC machines. The essay explores how the Maker Movement fosters innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurial spirit, ultimately contributing to economic growth and societal progress.

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The makers are those who incorporate innovation in real life. Makers are a group of
people who make unique things with the application of technology (Katterfeldt, 2014). The
meld of traditional things with modern technology and invent new things for next generation.
The documentary, ‘Maker Trailer’ projects a group of people who once were
computer hacker now is into invention. The work technique is informal and concentrated on
self-fulfillment. Making of innovative things have become a culture in America and formally
known as Maker Culture (YouTube, 2017). This Maker Culture encourages people to think
about new things, which are related to electronics, robotics, incorporating 3D printing in
traditional art and craft. The documentary starts with the quote, ‘I think of the maker
movement as being the web generation meets the real world’.
Image: Maker Culture
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The technology used is the computer technology and it is incorporated in the wooden
work, metalwork, art and crafts. The quote, ‘world an idea that we want to hack this physical
world in the way that we've been used to hacking computers’ from the documentary ‘Maker
Trailer’ clearly projects the fact that Maker Culture is derived from the hacker culture

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(YouTube, 2017). The makers are always on their toe to bring change in daily life. Makers
are not ready to take the world as it is. This do it yourself culture includes several scientific
equipments, clothes, scientific tools, musical instruments, furniture, vehicles. In making the
innovative things computer technologies are used, CNC machines, laser cutter and 3D
printers are also used. Another documentary ‘What is a Maker’ says ‘We use tools and we
tell stories’ which means the makers are artist who create art by using technologies. The
Maker Culture gives identity to many people who storms their brain and invent unique pieces
(YouTube, 2017). The Maker Culture gave the world many entrepreneurs like Mark Dwight
who was featured in the documentary, ‘Maker Trailer’ who is the founder of rickshaw bag
and SF. According to him that makers are not only hobbyists, some makes prototypes for the
future generations.
The Maker Culture initiated since 1970 with the revolution of microcomputers. To
become a maker one does not need to have special school education because only a creative
mind can make a maker (Katterfeldt, 2014). America now patronizes the maker culture.
Washington hosts National Maker Faire every year several grant and prizes are offered to the
promising makers.
The vital technology used by the makers is computer numerical control by which
robotics is designed (Stenvick, 2017). The machines are automated through this technology.
The mechanical parts of any system is designed by CNC system, CAD which implies
computer aided design and CAM or computer aided manufacturing. It is evident that makers
are the revolutionists because they are justifying the advantage of being human by utilizing
their brains. The success of the maker movement is that the maker are the ultimate source of
innovation and their innovation helping the county`s economy to grow faster. The
innovations are curtailing the expenses of many products.

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References
Katterfeldt, E. S. (2014). Maker culture, digital tools and exploration support for
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ouTube. (2017). Maker trailer - A documentary on the Maker Movement. [online] Available
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Stenvick, B. (2017). Maker culture in Beaverton, Tigard. [online] https://joomlakave.com.
Available at: http://pamplinmedia.com/ttt/91-features/372072-255365-maker-culture-
in-beaverton-tigard [Accessed 14 Sep. 2017].
YouTube. (2017). What Is a Maker?. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=rUoZwuSDikY [Accessed 14 Sep. 2017].