What do you get when you combine an electronics hobbyist hacker garage mechanic kitchen
table inventor tinkerer and entrepreneur? A 'maker ' of course. Playful and creative makers
are-through expertise and experimentation-creating art products and processes that are
helping change the way all of us think and interact with the world. As you'll see from the 20
interviews in Makers at Work inquisitive makers are just as apt to pick up a laser cutter or
Arduino or Raspberry Pi as a wrench to fashion something new. One maker powered a scooter with
a battery-operated drill. Another made a messenger bag 'smart' like a phone. Then there's the
guy who created a sensor that sends an alert to his phone whenever someone opens the door of
his mailbox the teen who made not just a motorized skateboard but one with treads that works
on grass and the architect builder who made a transportable front porch so he could move it to
the rear of the house to enjoy sunsets. Crazy as foxes makers-working in the spirit of Tesla
Wozniak Edison Gates Musk and many others-can bring sophisticated products to the people or
to the market as fast or faster than large corporations. In so doing they are blazing trails
tomorrow's inventors programmers manufacturers and entrepreneurs will wander down to come up
with the next big things. And they are not just enabling new technologies and devices-they are
changing the way these devices are funded manufactured assembled and delivered. Makers at
Work puts a spotlight on the maker mindset and motivation of those who are reinventing the
world one object or idea at a time. It gives you a firsthand look at the maker culture from the
people who are creating it. They may hail from many professions and industries but they are all
united in their love of building things-and making life more fun interesting and profitable.
You will: - Meet the individuals who define what it means to be a maker. - Learn about the
tools and technologies driving the new industrial revolution. - Discover ways to scale your
weekend project into a profitable business. The new masters of the Makerverse ask one question:
Can it be done? As these interviews will show yes it can.