What's Building the Maker Movement?
Channel: New America
Date: 02/03/2012

What's Building the Maker Movement?

This is a video recording of the first panel of Tinkering With Tomorrow:
"Will the DIY Movement Craft the Future?"

New technologies are making it easier than ever to turn an idea into a reality. 3D printers, open-source software, hackable products, and collaborative communities have turned traditional tinkering into a full-scale "maker movement" that allows -- and encourages -- everyone to tap into their inner entrepreneur. Can this movement usher in a new age of innovation? Will hackers have a profound impact on the economy? And if so, are we prepared for it?

Dale Dougherty @dalepd 
Founder and Publisher, Make magazine

Tom Kalil @whitehouseostp 
Associate Director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

Moderator 
David Plotz @davidplotz 
Editor, Slate

http://www.newamerica.net/events/2012/tinkering_with_tomorrow