Massimo Banzi

Massimo Banzi is an Italian interaction designer, educator, and technologist best known as the co-founder of the Arduino project, which produces affordable open-source microcontrollers for interactive projects ranging from art installations to educational tools.[1][2][3] He authored 'Getting Started with Arduino' published by O’Reilly and has taught Interaction Design at SUPSI in Lugano, Switzerland, and served as a visiting professor at CIID in Copenhagen.[1][6] Banzi also founded the first FabLab in Italy and was the first curator of Maker Faire Rome.[3]