Category
Lifestyle
Serial Snacking
Trend cluster
Category
Maker Culture
Health
The maker movement expands to include wellness technology innovations.
3.7
Trend score
Trend
What is the Maker Culture Health trend?
Maker Culture Health: As online tutorials and the need for customization become ubiquitous topics for consumers, a growing number of "makers" are taking healthcare into their own hands. Manufactured using readily available components, consumers have the ability to be increasingly independent from larger manufacturers.
Trend themes
Themes within the Maker Culture Health trend
Three behaviours holding the trend together01
Maker Movement
The trend of maker culture is influencing the healthcare industry towards personalization and independence from larger manufacturers.
02
DIY Healthcare
The DIY trend is being applied to healthcare, with consumers creating homemade prosthetics, wands, hearing aids and even artificial hearts.
03
Wearable Technology
The Samsung Simband introduces an open platform to encourage designers to embellish and improve wearable health tracking devices.
Industry implications
What the Maker Culture Health trend means for industry
Where the trend changes the playbookFor
Healthcare
The healthcare industry can explore opportunities to incorporate a DIY ethos and personalization to attract customers.
For
Wearable Technology
The wearable tech industry could provide affordable, user-friendly devices with open platforms for designers to expand functionality.
For
Manufacturing
Manufacturers can develop technologies that enable and encourage consumers to create their own customizable solutions in healthcare and other industries.
Trend signals
Trend signals for Maker Culture Health
Trend score 3.7 out of 10, from popularity 69%, activity 34%, freshness 8%.
Popularity69%
Activity34%
Freshness8%
Audience
90%Men
10%Women
- Gen Alpha (not a primary audience)
- Gen Z
- Millennial
- Gen X
- Boomer (not a primary audience)
Market
North America
Europe
Asia-Pacific
Evidence
Examples of the Maker Culture Health trend
5 featured examples from May 29, 2013 to May 30, 2014CategorySocial Good
DIY Hearing Aids
The 'iHear' Hearing Aid Can Be Programmed and Calibrated By the User
Providing accessible and affordable hearing aids to those in need
CategoryLifestyle
DIY Germ-Killing Wands
The Rechargeable UV-C Purifying Wand Kills Unwanted Pests
The home appliance industry can capitalize on the demand for innovative germ-killing products like the Rechargeable UV-C Purifying Wand.
CategoryLife-Stages
3D-Printed Heartbeat Regulators
These Artificial Heart 3D-Printed Membranes Could Save Your Life
Disruptive innovation opportunity: Drive advancements in biomedical engineering to develop groundbreaking technologies for improving heart health and personalized medical devices.
CategoryArt & Design
DIY Health Trackers
The Samsung Simband Prototype Ushers in an Open Platform for Designers
The Samsung Simband prototype could push for more open and customizable health tracking devices.
CategoryTech
DIY Free-Sourced Prosthetics
These Prosthetic Hand Designs Will Help Out Any Family in Need
The healthcare industry can leverage 3D printing technology and open-source design to provide more accessible and affordable prosthetic solutions to patients.
