TAIPEI, Taiwan — Maker is an unmistakable trend all over the world. Xu Nai-wen, who is inspired by Arduino, an open-source electronic prototyping platform allowing to create interactive electronic objects in 2009. Now he has become the official Reseller of Raspberry Pi, he believes that maker is a spirit, a culture.
“Our government has been encouraging the concept of ‘maker’ very much. However, maker is a spirit, a culture. Maker is not something that can be done within a short time, and reap your harvest that quickly.” commented by Xu Nai-wen.
Xu Nai-wen is not only a Reseller of Raspberry Pi, he who also is a maker classes instructor, an maker book club host and a maker workshop organizer. As the old saying goes that it takes ten years to grow a tree, but a hundred years to rear a person. Xu Nai-wen encouraged those who are interested in DIY or want to be a maker to slow down their pace.
“It takes time to be a good maker.” Xu Nai-wen suggested that the familiarity with operating system, the comprehension of electronic communications and circuit theory. “Most important of all, imagination!”
Xu Nai-wen said that makers in Taiwan are good at prototyping and small production. Narrowing the gap between customer needs and mass production is the priority in this field.
The Raspberry Pi is a low cost, credit-card sized computer that plugs into a computer monitor or TV, and uses a standard keyboard and mouse. It is a capable little device that enables people of all ages to explore computing, and to learn how to program in languages like Scratch and Python
What’s more, the Raspberry Pi has the ability to interact with the outside world, and has been used in a wide array of digital maker projects, from music machines and parent detectors to weather stations and tweeting birdhouses with infra-red cameras.
