Massimo Banzi and the idea of ​​Arduino: “Because you can do business even thinking about the common good” – The Messenger

Although, given his celebrity, it is unlikely that there is anyone that has not heard of it, you know that the big man you see here is one of those Italian excellences of which so much talk and that the world envies. His name is Massimo Banzi and is one of the co-founders of the Arduino, one of the tabs open source world’s most famous, which is the point of contact between the world of the makers and big companies.
“Arduino was born in a design school – says Banzi, visiting the stand of the Messenger at Maker Faire Rome – we wanted to build tools that would allow people without a background in engineering, to be creative with the electronics.” Today that invention is the basis of many of the innovations of the maker, because it allowed to “democratize” the creative process, making it within reach of even those who have a degree in computer science. Arduino today in Italy is called “Genuine”, after a legal dispute for the ownership of the brand that is still going on.

“There has been an evolution in the world of technology and the types of business – explains Banzi – It was thanks to the open source models, most notably Linux. I extended this concept to the hardware; now there are products that are completely open source. Today companies all work together to create a “base” shared, and then compete on the products they develop from that idea. In this way, a common good, and it’s a beautiful thing. “

One thing that is at the base of the Maker Faire Rome, which this year takes place for the third consecutive time and which is Banzi It was from the beginning one of the organizers: “From the United States, where it already took place, with Riccardo Luna and in collaboration with the Chamber of Commerce of Rome we strongly wanted to export to Italy, and Rome in particular. It’s grown a lot in three years, is now one of the most important fairs of the country. ”
         

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