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Page 1: Innovating together as makers, hackers & fixers - Kent · Innovating together as makers, hackers & fixers Professor Martin Charter Scott Keiller Centre for Sustainable Design® ...

Innovating together as makers, hackers & fixers

Professor Martin Charter

Scott Keiller Centre for Sustainable Design®

www.cfsd.org.uk @CFSD_UCA

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Makerspaces are Melting Pots

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Dara O’Briains Science Club

Webcam to Microscope Hack

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Clock Sense Lunchbox projector

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Anything can be hacked?

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What interests you as a hacker?

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Why do you participate at the Hackerspace?

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To encourage others to live more sustainably

To help me save money

To help reduce society's impact on the environment

To make new business contacts

To develop a product(s) for sale

To improve my own employability skills

To develop a product(s) for benefit to society

To live a more independent/self-sufficient life

To provide a valuable service to the community

To develop skills to setup my own business

To learn how to fix my own possessions

To educate others outside of the Hackerspace (eg teach coding to…

To make new friends

To be a part of a movement that challenges wider societal norms

To meet people in the local community

To make things that suit my specific needs/requirements

To have access to specific tools

To share my knowledge and skills with others

To learn new skills

To be intellectually stimulated

To meet others who share my interests

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How often are these activities undertaken at the Hackerspace?

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Expectations of how the Hackerspace will change in next five years?

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Hackerspace will change its name

Greater links with Repair Cafés to form local Repair networks

More projects (eg Frugal Engineering) to assist poorer peoples of…

More projects in furniture making

More clothing projects

More Upcycling projects

More sponsorship from business

Hackerspace will be more commercial

Greater links with commerce

More projects will be motivated by sustainability

More Bio-hacking projects

More projects related to sustainability

More Art projects

Greater involvement with campaigning on issues relevant to…

Hackerspace will provide space & support for new business start-ups

Greater links with Fablabs

Hackerspace activites will lead to more new business start-ups

Greater links with Makerspaces

Greater links with other Hackerspaces

I will continue to be a member/ visitor to other Hackerspaces

I will continue to be a member/visit the Hackerspace

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Hackerspace Summary Demographics • Educated (Degree) male bias (90%) • Gen Y / GenX Broad Interests • Mainly Coding and making elect. devices but higher than expected interests in Hacking for Sustainability & Upcycling Hackerspace • Most have operated for over three years • Open 24/7 at fixed venue/space Motivations • Social and individual benefits, learning, access to tools • Commercial benefits greater than expected • Sharing skills / Teaching others Activities undertaken • Coding & making elect devices • Upcycling • Fixing/Modification • Art • Home energy M&C In five years • Greater links with other Hackerspaces / Makerspaces /Fablabs • More business start-ups and provision of space for start-ups • More Campaigning ,Art & sustainability projects

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500 Repair Cafés

13 in UK

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Why do you take part in the Repair Café?

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to learn how I could use my skills to setup a small business

to make new business contacts

to improve my own employability skills

to help me save money

to learn how to fix my own possessions

to make new friends

to learn new skills

to meet others who share my interests

to share my knowledge and skills with others

to meet people in the local community

to help others save money

to encourage others to fix

to be a part of the movement to improve product repairability…

to provide a valuable service to the community

to encourage others to live more sustainably

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How often are items brought for repair?

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How much activity is ‘non-repair’?

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Modifications -Clothing toimprove fit

Modifications toClothing to

changeappearance

Upcycling wasteElect. or sub-

assemblies into'new' applications

Modifications toComputers -improve theperformance

Modifications toMobile phones -unlocking for useon other network

Upcycling wasteFabric into 'new'garments/textile

applications

Upcycling wasteFurniture into

'new' applications

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How might the Repair Café change in next five years?

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Greater links with commercial repairers

Greater links with Hackerspaces

Greater links with Makerspaces

There will be a charge for some repairs

Repair Café will provide space & support for new business start-ups

More time will be spent helping people to modify items

More sponsorship from business

Repair Café will lead to more new business start-ups

Number of repairs will increase by more than ten times

I, personally will continue to volunteer at a different Repair Café

More time will be spent helping people to upcycle items

More involvement with wider sustainability issues

More campaigning to improve product repairability/ longevity

Greater links with other Repair Cafés for effective Repair networks

I, personally will continue to volunteer at the Repair Café

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Repair Cafés Summary Demographics • Educated (Degree) men and women • Baby boomers/GenX Repair Cafe • Most have operated for a year or less • Meeting once a month at fixed venue • Around 15 volunteers Motivations • Strong commitment to helping others to live more Sustainably • Community focussed, sharing skills, helping others to save money • Not motivated by commercial /personal material gain Belief in ‘In built obsolescence’ Not just repair – but also modification and to a lesser extent upcycling In five years • Repair Networks • Campaigning on product reparability / longevity • Involvement with wider sustainability issues

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Contacts Professor Martin Charter [email protected] Scott Keiller [email protected] The Centre for Sustainable Design® University for the Creative Arts Farnham Surrey 01252 892772 @CfSD_UCA