This slideshow accompanied a talk at Capital Factory that discussed the hardware scene and maker movement in Austin, Texas. The talk was delivered by Sam Spetalnick, former Account Manager at TechShop Austin and was hosted at Capital Factory on April 21st, 2014.

1. Intro to the Austin Hardware
Community
Sam Spetalnick
@IAmSamATX

2. The Maker Movement

10. Blurring Lines

13. Blurred Lines
Open Access
Major Brands

14. Austin Community

15. Connected Devices
• iControl
• ihiji
• iConnect
• Atlas Wearables
• Nuve
• Allure Energy
• Life Assist
• Plum (formerly
Ube)

16. Hardware Design Companies

20. Annual Events
May 3rd
Travis County Expo Center
@ATXMakerFaire

21. Annual Events
October
TechShop
@RRMakerFaire

22. Annual Events
Hardware Startup Weekend
June 13th-15th
TechShop

23. Annual Events
March
@CreateATX

24. Monthly Events & Meetups
• Hardware Startup Meetup – @atxhw
– Capital Factory
• Dorkbot – @dorkbotatx
– The North Door & The Thinkery
• TechBreakfast – @TechBreakfast
– Capital Factory
• The Robot Group
– Various

25. Coworking & Makerspaces

26. Kristen von Minden and Eve Trester-Wilson
@MAKEatx

27. Martin Bogomolni and Michelle Elbert
@AustinHackSpace

28. Brooke Davis

29. @TechShopAustin

30. Democratizing
Access to
The Tools of
Innovation

31. Crowdfunding

38. More Austin Hardware Companies
• Pixy
• wigwag
• Briggo
• RoboReel
• Welcome
• Flow Gardens
• Lynx Laboratories
• Sapphire
• Kenguru
• Pecan Street
Research

39. &

41. UT
• Dr. Steven Nichols

42. Major Companies with “Maker” and
Hardware Interests
• Dell
• Intel
• National Instruments
• Silicon Labs
• Samsung
• AMD
• Google
• Freescale
• 3M
• TI

43. Key People
• Phil Wheat
• Jim Clardy
• Bartley Gillan
• Russell Stanphill
• Kami Wilt
• Katie Kizziar
• Laura Smith
• Aaron Haley
• Richard Knight
• Jean Anne Booth
• Casey Janowski
• Robert Thomas
• Samantha Fechtel
• Dustin Younse

44. embrace

45. Start Making