Can Anyone Make Anything? Enabling Novices to Prototype Electronics
World Maker Faire 2017
MAKER
Mark Pavlyukovskyy
After graduating with a Molecular Biology degree from Princeton, Mark realized that he wanted to be creating with bits and atoms rather than cells and test tubes. He co-founded Piper to create tools to empower the next generation to see computers and electronics as a creative medium rather than black box devices.
Schedule:
Saturday, September 23
Zone 3 - MAKE: Electronic4:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Can anyone make anything? Yes, we think anyone can do it! See examples of unexpected people making complex ideas real and ponder:
1. How do we create a tool that would empower anyone to make anything?
2. Why doesn’t it exist right now?
3. Where are we now in solving it?
What inspired you to begin investigating your topic or inspired you to make your project?:
Working as a biologist, Mark went to Ghana to teach local kids about public health. However, he found out that the reason public health wasn’t so good there was not because of any lack of knowledge, but rather the lack of infrastructure and tools necessary for change.
"I thought, why am I doing research in a lab, pipeting all day long, when I could be creating tools that could impact millions of people, and give them a way to move forward themselves."
