Final Lecture
What's Next?!
What's Next?!
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
Final Thoughts