Click on any phrase to play the video at that point.Close I'm
going to have a pretty simple idea that I'm just going to tell
you over and over until I get you to believe it, and that is all
of us are makers. I really believe that. All of us are makers.
We're born makers. We have this ability to make things, to grasp
things with our hands. We use words like "grasp" metaphorically
to also think about understanding things. We don't just live,
but we make. We create things. Well I'm going to show you a
group of makers from Maker Faire and various places. It doesn't
come out particularly well, but that's a particularly tall
bicycle. It's a scraper bike; it's called -- from Oakland. And
this is a particularly small scooter for a gentleman of this
size. But he's trying to power it, or motorize it, with a drill.
(Laughter) And the question he had is, "Can I do it? Can it be
done?" Apparently it can. So makers are enthusiasts; they're
amateurs; they're people who love doing what they do. They don't
always even know wh