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From "The Garage" to Today's Modern Makerspace

This is the garage where HP began – where Silicon Valley was born.

HP Garage

If you have never heard the story, in 1938 Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard – graduates of Stanford University – used their combined savings of $538 to fund their startup in the one-car garage of a rental house in Palo Alto. They built oscillators that Walt Disney used to test and certify theater sound systems for Fantasia, the first major film released in stereophonic sound. In true innovator style, Bill and Dave used the kitchen oven to bake the paint onto the oscillator panels. (Lucile Packard claimed her roast beef never tasted right after that.)

From this humble makerspace came not only a parade of new technologies, but also a mindset and corporate culture that changed technology development and business creation around the world. As we enter a new era of open product development, every division of HP Inc. is looking for ways to open up and help you apply your ideas and creativity to a new set of possibilities.

Create with us

The iGizmo software you've been working on is almost done. Now, you need to connect it to HP Smart. Where do you go? What's available? How can you get help?

You'll find answers in the HP Developers Portal.

Here, HP Inc. reaches out to developers just like you. We want to help you apply your ideas and creativity to a new set of possibilities. Find what you need to quickly and easily get started: APIs, SDKs, user guides, drivers, documentation, and identity management solutions:

  • Build engaging HP software applications with Veneer
  • Get an Android Point of Sale device up and running
  • Integrate with the massive HP Indigo press devices
  • Create apps that run on HP devices
  • Connect your customers to HP with myCredentials
  • Find flexible, secure storage solutions with Secure Document Management.

At hp.io you're not just a coder. You're an early adopter. An original contributor. A community founder. A collaborative partner. A subject matter expert. And so much more.

Explore our Developer Tools and become a part of our Developer community. Make something real today.