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2000 |
Douglas Repetto organizes first Dorkbot meeting |
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2001 |
Casey Reas and Benjamin Fry develop Processing, an open-source programming language |
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2002 |
MIT’s Neil Gershenfeld starts Fab Lab |
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2003 |
Etsy launches marketplace for handmade goods |
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Nathan Seidle starts SparkFun Electronics |
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Bunnie Huang writes Hacking the Xbox |
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Leah Kramer launches craftster |
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2004 |
Kinetic Dress designed by CuteCircuit of London |
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Hernando Barragán develops Wiring project at IVREA in Italy |
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2005 |
First Make: magazine from O’Reilly Media uses term “maker” |
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Five-person Arduino team releases first board |
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Instructables website launches as DIY project instructions |
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Adafruit launched in Limor Fried’s dorm room |
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Phil Torrone launches the Make: blog at makezine.com |
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2006 |
First Maker Faire in Bay Area |
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First TechShop opens in Menlo Park |
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First Craft: magazine published by O’Reilly Media |
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Leah Buechley designs Lillypad Arduino |
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2007 |
First RepRap Darwin 3D printer released |
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Chris Anderson starts DIY Drones website |
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Georgia Tech opens Invention Studio, a student-run makerspace |
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Karen Wilkinson and Mike Petrich open Tinkering Studio at Exploratorium |
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Fritzing for electronics design developed in Germany |
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2008 |
Eric Pan starts SEEED Studio in Shenzhen, China |
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DIYBio organization started |
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Noisebridge opens a hackerspace in SF |
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NYC Resistor opens in Brooklyn |
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Thingiverse 3D design repository launched |
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Kickstarter launches crowdfunding platform for creative projects |
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Bre Pettis, Zach Smith and Adam Mayer form Makerbot in Brooklyn |
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Makerbot Cupcake CNC featured in Make: magazine |
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First Maker Faire in UK in Newcastle-upon-Tyne |
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Pumping Station One opens in Chicago as makerspace |
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First Mini Maker Faires in Rhode Island and Ann Arbor, Michigan |
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Maker Faire Africa in Accra, Ghana |
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Cory Doctorow publishes novel titled Makers |
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2010 |
Makerbot Thing-o-Matic introduced |
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Adafruit offers reward for hacking Kinect |
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Maker Faire Detroit opens |
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World Maker Faire in NYC opens |
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First Open Hardware Summit in New York City |
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Artisan’s Asylum founded in Somerville, MA |
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David Li opens first hackerspace in China, Xinchejian |
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Genspace opens as DIYbio lab in Brooklyn |
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I3 Detroit opens as makerspace |
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Open Hardware Workshop at Eyebeam in New York City |
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First Open Source Hardware Definition published |
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Biocurious opens in Sunnyvale, CA as hackerspace for biotech |
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Limor Fried debuts weekly “Ask An Engineer” program |
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2011 |
Brook Drumm’s Printrbot Kickstarter funded |
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Ayah Bdeir forms a company called LittleBits |
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Maker Works opens in Ann Arbor, MI |
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Dougherty gives TED talk “We Are Makers” in Detroit |
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Safecast project responds to Fukijima disaster |
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CERN publishes Open Hardware License (OHL) |
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Ultimaker founded in Netherlands to produce 3D printer |
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Jasen Wang starts MakeBlock in Shenzhen |
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Autodesk acquires Instructables |
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Tinkercad provides a browser-based 3D design platform |
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First FabLearn Conference Organized at Stanford by Paulo Blikstein |
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First Raspberry Pi released |
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Makerbot Replicator introduced |
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Chris Anderson publishes Makers |
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FabCafe opens in Tokyo |
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Fayetteville, NY Free Public Library builds first library makerspace |
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Maker Ed as an educational nonprofit focused on making for kids |
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Groningen (Netherlands) is first European Maker Faire |
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Hong Kong Mini Maker is first Asian Faire |
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Joey Hudy brings marshmallow cannon to White House |
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First Maker Faire Tokyo |
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Make’s first 3D Printer Shootout and Buyer’s Guide |
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OpenBeam develops open-source construction kit |
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Autodesk develops free design apps as 123D |
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2013 |
Stratasys acquires Makerbot |
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First Maker Faire Rome |
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Intel releases Galileo board |
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First Maker Faire Shenzhen |
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Makerspace Playbook for high schools published |
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Autodesk acquires Tinkercad |
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Shopbot Tools introduces the Handibot |
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2014 |
White House Maker Faire celebrates American makers |
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Intel releases Edison board |
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GE FirstBuild opens in Louisville, Kentucky |
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NASA tests 3D printing on International Space Station |
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Local Motors develops 3D printed car |
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2015 |
Maker Faire Bay Area celebrates 10 years |
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Inventables launches Carvey, a 3D carving tool |
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Glowforge laser cutter launched on Kickstarter |
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National Week of Making organized by White House |
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New think[box] makerspace opens at Case Western Reserve University |
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MakerHealth Space opens in hospital in Galveston, TX |
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2016 |
European Maker Week organized by European Union |
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White House organizes second National Week of Making |
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Intel sponsors TV show America’s Greatest Makers |