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Make48 started in 2015, the brainchild of 3 inventors and an entrepreneur from Kansas City. The group wanted to see what would happen giving teams a finite amount of time to create a new product given a specific design challenge.
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They wanted everyday people who have great ideas to be able to innovate, just like talented engineers with every machine and tool at their disposal, so they gave it a twist. All teams have access to a makerspace full of the latest tools and the tool technicians who can build them anything.
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In real life, everyone has big ideas, but only about 5% have the skills either physically or digitally to make a prototype. To build anything you need collaboration, often many different materials and various pieces of equipment to finish a product. Make48 allows this process to be achieved under a timed, fun, fast-moving, and educational event!
Message from Tom Gray-CEO
I’ve always loved innovation. I am passionate about helping everyday people learn the process of taking an idea that is in their head and turning it into a prototype.
At Make48, we believe that 95% of all people have a big idea, however, only 5% have the skill, time and equipment necessary to turn their idea into a reality.
One of our missions is to expose everyday people to their community makerspace. A makerspace is a place where there is unlimited resources necessary to build a prototype. These resources include tools, fabrication equipment along with the makers and technicians (the 5%) that can build things and run equipment.
These makerspaces exist in most cities, schools and colleges. Shop class is becoming a thing of the past and although Make48 is not a traditional learning path, our competition encourages people to collaborate. When collaboration happens, the power to take your idea from your head to your hand just got simpler.
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