Abhishek012
TF Pioneer
How many of you Indian parents send their kids or Indian engineers go to Makerspace and learn something? Or may I ask how many of you have heard of Makerspace ?
Before start we all know our India culture is "Bhagwan k naam pe job de de/Allah k naam pe job de de or in the name of jesus, give me a job."Have you ever wondered how Bill gates became Bill gates ? Steve Jobs became Steve Jobs ? or Elon Musk became Elon Musk ?
You might have heard these words. That was an era, there was a conference. Where Bill gates met Steve Jobs and like to do things together, and thinking about things.
Where was that ? that was a makerspace, it may also call hackerspace back in that day.
If you really want to know how America became America, Japan became Japan, and Europe became Europe, first we need to understand the problem.
First talk about what's the problem in India ?
The problem is with our education system, i am not only talking about our Indian education system, American education system, France or European education system is also worst. Japanese and chinese education system are also worst.
Anybody who lives in India they will tell you that it's like all we do is like work hard, just to memorize something then plonk it on an exam paper and try to get a job that's all. We feel like this is the end, that's how we know existence and that's how we go out of this world.
Fundamentally we are inherently limited and everything we do is rotates around job.
It's like get a job or get a government job if possible that's it. Wake up find a job go to sleep, again next day wake up find a job that's it. That's all we do and fundamentally speaking that is limiting India on a such a horrifying level where like once i actually started to understand it.
It's like we are not doing anything. It's like we have to actually go to israel and ask them hey can you lend us your weapon systems ? we are going to israel to ask that, we are going to france to say hey can you give us rocket engine ? we have ISRO but that's all they are doing is like going to basically France and ask hey can you give us your viking engine so we can rename it. We go to old soviet union places hey can i have your rocket engine and make it SCE-200. So the reality was like we are not doing anything because fundamentally our mind is not growing.
80% of our Indian engineers are useless and rest of 20% don't know anything, they are just wasting their parents money and later doing jobs in banks, call centers or other sectors. Indian car manufacturers told we can't hire these people these Indian engineers are useless. Why ? because they do not have integration like mind is not cultivated.
They are just like drones they are like cheaper drones. So yeah some people are go to USA and some people finally start to grow and then they can win Nobel prizes but in India itself it's gone. It's zero it's horrible so fundamentally that fact that 80% are becoming useless and rest of 20% don't know anything.
Then thankfully some people started to came together what are we all missing in India ? the answer was "Makerspace".
Now what's Makerspace ?
Makerspace is a culture or place where people can do things like back into those users soldering iron make a computer again computers were simple backwards. So again that allowed us to basically do things for your own hands and learn and grow and that was the fundamental growth.
A makerspace is a collaborative work space inside a school, library or separate public/private facility for making, learning, exploring and sharing that uses high tech to no tech tools.
So that made America America, that made Japan Japan, that made Europe Europe and India does not have this but thankfully enough people have woken up in India it's like dude there is no point having thousands and thousands and millions of engineers if 100s of them are useless.
If you know the co founder of Apple - "Steve Wozniak". He used to draw motherboard with pencil. First commercial Apple 1 product, which made Apple Apple. He made the Apple's first hardware and he was at that stage that motherboards were draw with pencils. He made computer by adding 4-5 IC. At that time ICs used to come separately which were worth crores. He made a computer out of old ICs from Motorola and CRT TVs. People were surprised to see this. The Co founder of Apple - "Steve Wozniak" once said - "Success in India is based on getting a job.. Where is the creativity ?" He laid the foundation of computer. Today we call computer as computer because of him.
I read an article where Hyundai India's recruitment was going on in Indian colleges but not a single one was taken. why ? because Hyundai India need mechanical engineers who knows electrical. Ofcourse not 100%, electrical engineering is a different subject but atleast mechanical engineers should know something about electrical. Now think, What if those people had gone to makerspace ?
If those Indian mechanical engineers go to makerspace, if they are trying to do something and then someone will say hey put an LED on it, put motor on it. Someone will definitely give this advice.
This is how the mind of our Indian engineers will grow. Be it remote control or arduino or 3d printer or rocket engine. In which thousands of types of engineering are used, now a days people or companies are expecting this from our Indian engineers. Even if you are not an expert, atleast you can handle it all.
For example - if you have made a product on arduino and someone says change the sketch and you don't know what the sketch is ? That's why it is very important to understand the core level. Makerspace are best known for this.
The amazing aspect of makerspace is like people can actually see that like you will say make a wind gauge, how fast you can and these are the tools that you have go you will want that. Literally every kid will come up with something different and that's the first time when teachers realize that well i only thought that was impossible in one way because again they have only one set of eyes so that realization requires a certain kind of free space like a space where you are like no i'm safe here. I got this nobody is gonna judge me or you are doing it wrong, like literally there are Indian teachers who are so up tight you can do solve a mathematical equation properly like this was a method, I gave the correct answer. If your method was wrong they will fail you in the exam.
This makerspace is not only limited to school only. There are people who just built it just for you. You know there are a lot of teenagers who want to do something, there are a lot of you know jobless people they want to do something for any reason like there are places who have makerspace that run 24x7 so some people who have like a day time job they come during the night time and learn some new skills and craft and all.
This is a place specifically built with a different kind of culture in mind a place to go broadcast they will not judge you like there will be rules and regulations especially if you are talking about something that is very dangerous and powerful but this place is designed specifically for you to help others and learn from others. It's not like oh there's a teacher who's going to help us no no no no it's like you help them, like you figure something out you tell others if they figure something out they will tell you and this place allows people to learn the core architecture of something. One kids tell in one of my telegram group, i want to make a satellite but have you built a pcb ? he say no. Have you built any code like actual code ? he say i don't know. How the heck you even had the idea because your core understanding is missing. All the students are only exposed to books and books looks like complete thing, real life is never that clean. Your dirty hand will actually expose you oh this is how i do things, this is how i figure out, this is why i need this. Now you will understand why people spend time building a pcb. so this core learning, understanding allows you to be grounded allows you to be like okay this is how things are done. So you don't look like a full gun you say something like i'm gonna build a satellite and i have never even you know made a pcb. So you have to understand this and the assignments here is like getting actual things done, actual physical things done.
American novelist and writer Mark Twain once said - "Don't let schooling interfere with your education".
Everyone should know, books are the starting point, books are not the end game. Only that which has been tested can be written in the books because before Spacex, the books could not write about the reusable rocket. Tomorrow if you make a something new then that will be written in the book. For example, one American space company is trying to build an entire rocket with a 3D printer. Can they found in the book ? No. Because the same company is setting up that 3D printer rocket foundation. I always see that Indians run after books and degrees. Few months ago in other online forum we were discussing that ISRO lacks many things and someone commented that we are not a scientists or we do not have PHD degree. LOL, Can we run ISRO properly by without having any PHD degree in science or engeering degree ? ofcourse yes. Indians don't even have basic understanding. All degrees are useless.
Fundamentally we need this sort of space where we can actually break through and think right now we don't even think like only thing we do hey can you offer us a job.
Makerspace is a compulsory, India needs to wake up and make us have to make this priority. This is not optional this is compulsory if we do not do this our young generation they are they are going to be like outdated to a point where it's like why did i become such a big loan to become an engineer and why i'm not getting any job.
Here i shared some 21 Best Makerspaces In India - https://inc42.com/features/makerspaces-hardware-iot-accelerators/
Anyway, I got released while writing this much. People will not be able to handle so much at one go. If anyone is interested in learning more about makerspace I will write a part 2 with more details. I know very few Indian parents and Indian engineers would be interested in this, Other people will only want "Bhagwan k naam pe job de de/Allah k naam pe job de de or in the name of jesus, give me a job."
Before the end I will ask 2 interesting questions. Let's see how many of you actually have the correct answer.
Ques 1) Do we humans make silicon chips ? ya i am talk about semiconductor chips. For which the whole world is engaged in setting up its plant in their country. So do we humans make silicon chips ? say yes or no in comment section with explain why ? Lets see how many of you have a core level of understanding about semiconductor chips because without core level of understanding. We can't setup silicon chips plant in our country.
Ques 2) Easy and very basic question. Which electricity travels longer AC or DC ? ya funny question right ? but you know 90% people in India give wrong answer, why ? Because it is taught wrong in school itself. Many Indian Electrical Engineers are giving wrong answers.
