Hardware innovation (keynote file)

From Maker to Mogul:The Future of the Maker Movement in Business Tim O’Reilly May 15, 2012 Hardware Innovation Workshop

We started out as a computer book publisher

What We Really Do At OReilly Find interesting technologies and people innovating from the edge Amplify their effectiveness by spreading the information needed for others to follow them. Our goal: “Changing the world by spreading the knowledge of innovators.”

O’Reilly Radar Methodology We “watch the alpha geeks” and think about the futures they are already living in We then look for trend data that tells us that a particular future is becoming mainstream We do our best to think about possible consequences

O’Reilly Media Hardware books circa 2004

Great things begin with smart people having fun...but they don’t end there

Innovation as a four-cylinder engine Image source: http://www.musicombustion.com/engineering.html

1. Have fun: How cool would it be to FLY?!!??

Have fun! OMG, I could have my own computer!

2. Think big: “A PC on every desk and in every home.”

Think big: “Access to all the world’s information”

3. Figure out how to actually build a business

4. The power of platforms: Create value for others

4. The power of platforms: Create value for others 4

http://www.google.com/economicimpact/

Create more value than you capture

The Firing Order of the Innovation Engine First cylinder: Have fun! Second cylinder: “Hey, we can change the world!” Third cylinder: Build products, business models, companies, and entire industries Fourth cylinder: Maintain your ecosystem: Create more value than you capture

So where are people having fun today?

Jeff Han, NYU, Perceptive Pixel, at ETech, March 2006

iPhone: June 2007

2005: Seven Miles in Seven Hours

2011: Hundreds of thousands of miles in ordinary traffic

Simple stress monitor becomes much more

“It’s easier to invent the futurethan it is to predict it.” - Alan Kay

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Hardware innovation (keynote file)

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