# How Arduino is open-sourcing imagination

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2012
- Speaker: Massimo Banzi
- Year: 2012
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Computer science, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/massimo_banzi_how_arduino_is_open_sourcing_imagination)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Massimo Banzi helped invent the Arduino, a tiny, easy-to-use open-source microcontroller that's inspired thousands of people around the world to make the coolest things they can imagine -- from toys to satellite gear. Because, as he says, "You don't need anyone's permission to make something great."

## Lectures

1. [How Arduino is open-sourcing imagination](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/massimo_banzi_how_arduino_is_open_sourcing_imagination/70f9bb91c3e7), 16 min (TED's player)