Evolution of Humans from Ancestors to the Digital Age
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We are in the midst of another industrial revolution, with the abundance of low cost digital manufacturing and connected devices. Surviving this revolution requires adaptability, which translates as creativity, curiosity, productivity... all the things that makers do for fun. Here is the full deck from a talk I was kindly invited to give to the 2015 Create conference (www.create.to) on behalf of my beloved Farset Labs, the Belfast hackerspace / makerspace (www.farsetlabs.org.uk). It's supported by a blog post: https://blog.farsetlabs.org.uk/making-it-through-the-third-industrial-revolution/
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Evolution of Humans from Ancestors to the Digital Age
- 3. First human ancestors Agricultural Revolution (5-7 million years) 5-7 million years ago 18,000 years ago AGRICULTUR AL ERA
- 4. Industrial Revolution Digital Revolution (250 years) INDUSTRIAL ERA INFORM ATION ERA 1770s 1950s
- 5. (65 years) 1950s 1970s 1996 2006 10 % 20 % 40 %
- 6. The Digital Revolution Democratised Connection
- 7. “It's done. We won. We've had a digital revolution but we don't need to keep having it.”
- 10. “If you thought the web was big, I think this – the new Maker Revolution – is going to be bigger”
- 14. Hacking is: “taking what is, improving upon it to the best of your ability, and sharing it. Since anything, no matter how cool, can be improved, we can hack anything.”
- 30. Assemble
- 33. Make Projects
- 34. Made in Makerspaces • World’s fastest electric cycle • World’s first desktop diamond maker • World’s cheapest drip irrigation system • Fusion reactor • GPS-enabled nitrogen detector • World’s most efficient data centre cooler • Satellite • Jet pack • Carbon-fibre guitars • World class cellos
- 35. Made in Farset Labs People making… • Interactive ping pong table • Bitcoin mining computer • Twitter-activated cocktail mixer • Beer brewery • DNA-splitting drill head Startups doing… • Games development • Agricultural technology • Animation • Pollution testing
- 36. Make Products
- 40. “Think about it: if you do what you love, chances are good that other people are going to like it. And in a capitalist society, if people love what you do, they will pay you to do it.”
- 43. Hack your world Make your future www.farsetlabs.org.uk @farsetlabs
Editor's Notes
- I’m Ben Bland, freelance consultant in all things digital. And I’m proud to be on the team at Farset Labs.
- This is Farset Labs. How did we get here? Let’s go on a journey to find out where we are now…
- The first major revolution took millions of years to begin. …and thousands of years to take hold.
- The next one took hundreds of years. …and the latest one took dozens.
- In the Information Age, the pace of everything is accelerating.
- Now anyone can access the world’s greatest knowledge and communication resource.
- Neil Gershenfeld, a leader in digital fabrication.
- Just as the internet democratised connection, now the tools of production are becoming affordable to all.
- Welcome to the Maker Revolution!
- Revolutions have to happen somewhere. Shared workshop spaces are key.
- It’s not THAT type of hacking. Hacking is a gentle, playful activity. It’s about tinkering, improving and creating.
- Is this a small, niche movement? No – 2,000 listed just as “hackerspaces”.
- It’s not just about “techie” things like electronics and computers. Art & design, content, performance, the natural world, genetics, etc.
- So what tools does the Maker Movement use? Here are three big types: 3D printer, CNC machines, laser cutter.
- And don’t forget the humble tools of domestic DIY.
- Focusing on just one for a moment: 3D printing.
- Plastic objects are typical.
- But what about chocolate …or glass?
- Metals
- This is a 3D-printed house.
- Some amazing prosthetics.
- Even organs and body parts.
- So what happens in a makerspace? A community comes together.
- We make things together, casually and at events. This is a game making weekend.
- And this is Raspberry Jam. We’ve had primary school kids and people in their eighties.
- When we investigate or make something, it becomes a project.
- A few examples from makerspaces around the world.
- …and from our place.
- Everyone is talking about entrepreneurship these days. Well, sometimes, projects can become products.
- Makerbot came out of a makerspace.
- So did Pebbl.
- And Square.
- Here’s Mitch Altman again.
- To wrap-up, think about it like the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs. Those best suited to their environment survived.
- This is a time of change so we need to be adaptable. We can do that by being curious and creative.
- And we have the tools to hack everything around us. So we can make our own futures.