The twenty-first century do-it-yourself culture that joined traditional craft to electronics, 3D printing, laser cutting and open-source hardware, gathering in shared makerspaces and hackerspaces. Crystallized by Make magazine and the Maker Faires, it treats making and sharing how a thing is made as one activity. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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OriginMake magazine launched in 2005 and named the movement; the first Maker Faire followed in 2006 1 OriginMaker culture is often described as a technology-based extension of do it yourself culture that intersects with the hardware-oriented parts of hacker culture, a lineage older than Make magazine and the Maker Faires. 1 FAQs
What sparked the maker movement?
Make magazine, launched in 2005, and the first Maker Faire in 2006.
The maker movement, the twenty-first century do-it-yourself culture that joins traditional craft to electronics, 3D printing, laser cutting and open-source hardware, was crystallized by Make magazine, which launched in 2005 and named the movement, and by the first Maker Faire, which followed in 2006.
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Wikimedia FoundationPhilosophical emphasis section, on Make magazine and Maker Faire
In 2005, Dale Dougherty launched Make magazine to serve the growing community, followed by the launch of Maker Faire in 2006.
Philosophical emphasis section, on learning-through-doing
Maker culture emphasizes learning-through-doing (active learning) in a social environment.
Lead section, hacker culture sentence
The maker culture is a contemporary subculture representing a technology-based extension of DIY culture that intersects with hardware-oriented parts of hacker culture and revels in the creation of new devices as well as tinkering with existing ones.
Associated With: Founding of Make Magazine, Philosophical emphasis section, on Make magazine and the movement
In 2005, Dale Dougherty launched Make magazine to serve the growing community, followed by the launch of Maker Faire in 2006.
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