Taking Maker Ideas to the Mass Market: How Messaging, Packaging & Polish Meet DIY Techniques
Maker Faire Bay Area 2016
May 20th-22nd
Presentation
Computers & Mobile Devices
Today, more than 80,000 kids, educators, artists, and hackers use Kano to make radios, speakers, songs, games and artwork. Alex will discuss how maker projects can reach the mainstream, through design, words, and packaging.
Alex Klein
Alex has led Kano’s product and story from ideation in its record-breaking Kickstarter, to the design and development of its award-winning computer kit. He was inspired by a challenge from his six-year old cousin Micah – to create a computer he could build himself, "as simple and fun as Lego.”
