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The maker culture is a contemporary subculture representing a technology-based extension of DIY culture [1] that intersects with hardware-oriented parts of hacker culture and revels in the creation of new devices as well as tinkering with existing ones. The maker culture in general supports open-source hardware.
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Afrigadget, a website dedicated to African Ingenuity, was created by Erik Hersman in 2006 [18] just a few months after Make Magazine and the first Maker Faire Africa took place in Ghana in 2009. The first Maker Faire in the United Kingdom took place on March 14–15, 2009, in Newcastle upon Tyne , as a joint venture with the Newcastle ScienceFest .
TechShop was founded by Jim Newton, Ridge McGhee, and Robert Thomas. Jim Newton wanted to establish a place with tools to work on pet projects. [1] Newton, who had been a science adviser to the TV show MythBusters and a College of San Mateo robotics teacher, was also motivated by his students' frustration with lack of access to equipment.
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A German hackerspace (RaumZeitLabor). A hackerspace (also referred to as a hacklab, hackspace, or makerspace) is a community-operated, often "not for profit" (501(c)(3) in the United States), workspace where people with common interests, such as computers, machining, technology, science, digital art, or electronic art, can meet, socialize, and collaborate. [1]
Maker education is an offshoot of the maker movement, which Time magazine described as "the umbrella term for independent innovators, designers and tinkerers. A convergence of computer hackers and traditional artisans, the niche is established enough to have its own magazine, Make, as well as hands-on Maker Faires that are catnip for DIYers who used to toil in solitude". [3]