Why makerspaces could be the secret to making smart cities smart
Once the domain of DIY tinkerers, these hubs of urban experimentation are now driving the circular economy.
Thomas Ermacora is an award-winning Urbanist-architect, technologist, author and regeneration entrepreneur currently serving as the Resident Futurist of the Xprize Foundation. Founder of the London Maker Mile and the Machines Room impact Fablab, he is a founding partner of the MIT FabCity Initiative, an investor in a number of early-stage Fourth Industrial Revolution start-ups and advises the World Economic Forum’s Shaping the Future of Urban Development and Services Initiative.