Name: We are makers
Uploaded: 2011-02-01T15:44:00Z
Duration: 11 min 30 s
Description: America was built by makers -- curious, enthusiastic amateur inventors whose tinkering habit sparked whole new industries. At TED@MotorCity, MAKE magazine publisher Dale Dougherty says we're all makers at heart, and shows cool new tools to tinker with, like Arduinos, affordable 3D printers, even DIY satellites.

America was built by makers -- curious, enthusiastic amateur inventors whose tinkering habit sparked whole new industries. At TED@MotorCity, MAKE magazine publisher Dale Dougherty says we're all makers at heart, and shows cool new tools to tinker with, like Arduinos, affordable 3D printers, even DIY satellites.

We are makers

Making is a fundamental human instinct, seen in everything from homemade robots to a mailbox that texts when opened. Across the country, ordinary people gather at events and hackerspaces to play with tools like affordable 3D printers and open-source electronics. These communities spark new forms of innovation and reclaim the pride of shaping the world by hand. The movement encourages both adults and children to tinker, experiment, and reshape the physical world around them.