What is the Hardware Revolution

What is? 1 55 % THE HARDWARE REVOLUTION • more hardware startups were started in 2013 than in 2012 in North America. hard-ware rev-o·lu-tion /'härd,we(a)r/ /,revə'looSHən/ LIFECYCLE ↑ 117 % Noun A resurgence in the consumer popularity of independently and startup designed hardware devices, for example: smartphones, fitness trackers, wearable devices, inter- net-connected devices, aerial drones and 3D printers. TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION more hardware funding to startups in 2013 than in 2012 in North America. STORE are here/ FACTORY Pre-sales overtake you post-sales, a dominant marketplace emerges. Scalable on-demand Synonyms Hardware Renaissance - Internet of Things - Maker Movement - The New Industrial Revolution product manufacturing becomes possible. D THALMIC WORKSHOP LABS Sophisticated overnight product prototyping becomes possible. O SmartThings 100 MORE APPLES formlabs WILL EXIST Lockitron O electric imp OUYA 80 BILLION #fitbit dropcam Nest Internet connected devices by 2020. That's an average of 10 per human pebble KICK STARTER *Gartner - 2013 meraki INNOVATORS EARLY ADOPTERS EARLY MAJORITY LATE MAJORITY LAGGARDS ARDUINO 2005 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 || || CONSUMER ELECTRONICS 3D printers; toys and games; connected home devices Trends Our predictions: WELLNESS wearables; quantified self HEALTH TECH Product A general shift from novelty towards utility. DRONES & LOGISTICS Company A general shift away from giant corporations towards smaller single-focus startups. ENERGY TECH & TRANSPORTATION AGRICULTURAL TECH upverter - 2013 What is the Hardware Revolution? by Upverter cc is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. BY ND