The maker trend

The maker trend is being spread by social media. DIY for 2010.

USB charger

http://www.adafruit.com – business from blogs

http://www.makerbot.com/

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