HP Innovation Journal Issue 04: Fall 2016 | Page 6

Maker rules to live by
1. Embrace problems and challenges.
Be willing to look at an issue from ev-
ery angle.
2. Get your hands dirty. Making is about
physical creation and deep involvement.
Allow yourself the freedom to tinker,
play, prototype and test.
3. Be diligent. Leave no stone unturned,
then check again.
4. Take risks and be willing to fail. Make
mistakes…they are crucial to success.
5. Share. Don’t think you can go it alone.
Share ideas, lessons and what you
make. Collaboration can lead to layers
of inspiration on top of your ideas.
6. Get your geek on. Explore new technol-
ogies and services. They will help you
raise your game and bring your ideas
to market faster.
7. Pack your bags. Figuratively speak-
ing that is. Being a maker is a lifelong
journey so be ready to learn, discuss,
explore and keep doing it over and over.
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Today, makers are everywhere: in the en-
terprise, in university and high school robotics
teams, on Etsy, on Makers Row, Opencompute.
org, on 23andme. Open source technology,
Raspberry Pi, miniaturization and commoditi-
zation of components, access to new 3D print-
ing manufacturing tools and services — this
new generation of makers is working with the
ultimate set of Legos (or in this case, Arduino
boards).
What IS a maker? How is a maker different
from an innovator?
Makers make things. More than an idea, today’s
makers are focused on combining tangible ma-
terials and output with physical and digital inge-
nuity. They epitomize HP’s concept of Blended
Reality, by fusing the best of our analog world
with the advancements of our digital world to
create new products never before imagined.
Makers look to rollup their sleeves,
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reimagine what’s pos-
sible and build on new
ideas, in order to en-
rich our lives. In some
cases, they enrich our
lives by accident, sim-
ply by pursuing their
own joy of inventing.
Fostering the
maker spirit
Thomas Edison perfected the incandescent light bulb and created the first electrical system
for home and business. Source: Thomas Edison National Historic Site
The maker spirit of unbridled innovation for
betterment is a long-standing tradition for HP,
our partners and our customers.
From the beginning, the HP community has
been creating new categories of maker-fuel-
ing products as well as new tools for future
makers to produce their own. From the first
Light Emitting Diode (LED), to the first office
laser printer, to a 64-bit high power computing
architecture and now the world’s first produc-
tion-ready 3D Printing System, the story of
innovation continues to unfold.
That desire to build, collaborate and man-
ufacture may have started in B