The maker trend is being spread by social media. DIY for 2010.
USB charger
http://www.adafruit.com – business from blogs
http://magicalnihilism.com/2009/11/07/get-excited-and-make-things/
http://www.howies.co.uk/content.php?xId=478
http://sugru.com/ – your own plastic – is going to be big
“Sugru is a Play-Doh-like substance with waterproof, adhesive and heat-resistant qualities, and it sets at room temperature. Launched last December, all 3,000 packets rapidly sold out — so now production is at ten times that scale. Ní Dhulchaointigh, 31, had the idea while she was at the Royal College of Art in 2003.”
Inspiring do, they say http://doblog.tumblr.com/
Use of the maven