Can you Make it? Makers are the new inventors.
Is it a way to compensate for the economic crunch, a counter-culture reaction to copyright law gone wild, or just a severe case of technological curiosity? It may very well be all of the above, but nevertheless, rest assured that a generation of makers is on the rise. Or should that be Makers?
For now they might be “simply” the next generation of (crazy) inventors, hacking into devices, and modifying them for things they were not initially created for. From modifying toasters to opening up the Microsoft Kinect as controller for all kinds of other things than just the XBox 360.
It’s an extremely interesting development, which will expose manufacturers to all kinds of new and interesting challenges they never before experienced on such a wide scale, and they would do well to prepare for it, and find ways to embrace it unlike the music & film industry, which is still struggling with a tech savvy audience.
Have a look at this short movie, giving some more info and examples of Maker culture:
