Final Lecture

Fab Labs: Community-based, University, School/STEM labs, Incubators,..

Product Design: Furniture, Gadgets, Wearables, Gift Shop Items, ..

Industry/Manufacturing: Metals, Machine Parts, PCBs, Plastics, Automotive,..

3D Printing: Service providers, custom manufacturing hubs,..

R&D and Entrepreneurship: Academic research labs, startup accelerators, or founding your own startup

and more ..

Architecture → .. → Architronics

Product Design → .. → Interaction Design

Teaching/Technical → .. → Maker Education

Engineering → .. → Professional Engineer

Hobbyist → .. → Advanced Maker/Hobbyist

Higher Education → .. → Master’s, PhD, Post-Doc, Professional Research

Fun Ideas: Shawerma Slicer, FarmBot, Theremin,.. 

IoT, Robotics, and Trends: Smart Furniture, Smart Planters,..

Exhibitions: Maker Faire Cairo, Cairo Design Week,..

Business: Crowdfunding,.. 

Facebook Groups: CNC Egypt - Woodworking Projects - 3D Printer Egypt - 3D Printer Egypt - Asem Kamal - M3b3dina DIY - ..

Reddit: r/DIY - r/3Dprinting - r/arduino - r/Fusion360 - ,..

YouTube: Stuff Made Here - Simone Giertz - Mark Rober - 

Forums: Autodesk forums, Prusa 3D forums,..

Invention: Creating something entirely new

Innovation: Improving or applying existing inventions in new ways

Fraud/Misleading Context: Recognizing when claims are overstated or unsubstantiated

Licensing: Protecting your work (patents, trademarks) vs. open-sourcing

Creative Commons: Levels of permission (attribution, non-commercial, share-alike)

Open Innovation: Building on others’ ideas responsibly