tinkerers

In April she sent an e-mail to people she variously calls "tinkerers and makers," "wonderful eccentric genius types" and "weirdos," of whom there is no shortage in this city.

NYT > Home Page By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON 2011

As a side note: We know that the bio-'tinkerers 'recently succeeded in' resurrecting 'the 1918 Spanish Flu using gene mapping of samples taken from victims in which dna still survived in sufficient form to be able to reconfigure the virus even though it had gone extinct by now.

OpEdNews - Diary: I may be a nutjob but I wonder if this new flu was genetically engineered? 2009

Patents, which are grants of exclusive rights to inventions or technological innovations, no longer are the exclusive province of laboratory scientists and basement tinkerers.

When Lawyers Become 'Trolls' Ashby Jones 2012

Wired has an awesome article about the new industry and business model of backyard tinkerers paired with mass-customization manufacturers.

The Rise Of Hardware Hackers And Mass Customization « Tai-Chi Policy 2010

[4] This evening I went off to the local nascent "hack lab" (clubhouse for tinkerers, more or less).

updatey thing melted_snowball 2009

So why not cut local record labels, film-makers, publishers, artists and robot tinkerers in on the tourist action?

Thumbs Up on Chihuly at Seattle Center « PubliCola 2010

Wired has an awesome article about the new industry and business model of backyard tinkerers paired with mass-customization manufacturers.

2010 January « Tai-Chi Policy 2010

There is much disruptive innovation taking place around the world, with many tinkerers searching for solutions that are beneficial for people rather than for profit.

Kingsley Dennis, Ph.D.: Renaissance for Change: A New Civil Order? Ph.D. Kingsley Dennis 2012

But Tom Gage and the gang of tinkerers at AC Propulsion had a different vision.

AC Propulsion has been electrifying cars for decades 2010

There is much disruptive innovation taking place around the world, with many tinkerers searching for solutions that are beneficial for people rather than for profit.

Kingsley Dennis, Ph.D.: Renaissance for Change: A New Civil Order? Ph.D. Kingsley Dennis 2012