Roughly half of American adults call themselves makers. “There’s an increased awareness of how broad making can be and how inclusive it can be,” says Steve Davee, director of education at the nonprofit Maker Ed. “But really, makerspaces in other forms have existed for a huge amount of time: We just called them woodshops, home-ec centers, model shops, and computer labs.”
Making in the United States
There are more than 400 U.S. sites for hacking and making, but these are the states where you’re most likely to encounter them. Data sources: Hackerspaces.org; U.S. Census Bureau This article was originally published in the March/April 2016 issue of Popular Science, under the title “Rise of the Makerspace.”
