DIY Hardware: Reinventing Hardware for the Digital Do-It-Yourself Revolution

Making and programming computing hardware has always been an activity reserved for the experts. The complexity of the tools involved in designing circuits and programming embedded devices has traditionally put these tools far outside everyday experience. Now, as the digital do-it-yourself revolution gains momentum, hardware is becoming accessible, and some adventurers are conscientiously turning it into simply another material for people to play, invent, and express themselves with. 

DIY Hardware presents several projects at the forefront of this movement that are addressing important technical challenges and effecting changes in public understanding of technology. Ultimately, this work will contribute to empowerment of a much wider segment of the population, who will gain the ability to create, shape, and hack digital environments and artifacts that will form an integral part of our everyday future.
 

Gainer/Funnel
Shigeru Kobayashi

Xtel
Satoru Tokuhisa

DIY Energy
Jamie Allen and Jo Kazuhiro 

pri/pro
Ryota Kuwakubo

Dragonfly
Nicolas Villar