Make makers

NPR affiliate WBUR Boston's "The Connection" aired yesterday a lengthy interview with Phil Torrone and Dale Dougherty of Make and Rosalind Williams from MIT.

It's interesting to hear that beyond encouraging people to get into DIY tinkering in the digital age, the creators are disturbed by consumption and the throw away culture. I hadn't thought of that angle. They definitely provide a forum that will encourage some serious innovation and interesting advances if legislation and the producers (and the negative connotation that the public tends to hear in "hacking") don't manage to squash it.

If nothing else they've encouraged me to fiddle with some things I wouldn't have otherwise.