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If you were hoping to pick up Brook Drumm's new Printrbot Simple at Maker Faire Bay Area this year, well...you're too late. The Printrbot Simple beta edition sold out Saturday afternoon. Still, with alpha availability slate for June, you don't have too long to wait. Read more »
Categories: 3D Printing, Open Source Hardware | No Comments
Among the makerspaces represented in Expo Hall at Maker Faire this weekend is one which offers regular meetings, cheap dues, great venues, and no lease commitments. That's the formula for MAKE:SF which holds regular meetups at hosting business locations. The cost to join this makerspace is a mere $10/six months... Read more »
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Got a passion project and want to build a team around it? Start in your makerspace! Dr. David Crawley desperately wanted to hack robots and build a useful platform, not an inexpensive toy that couldn't do anything or a useful robot that few could afford. He wanted his to be... Read more »
Categories: Electronics, Hackerspaces, Robotics | No Comments
Today, Arduino announced a new family of wireless products that combine the Arduino architecture with Linux. Read more »
Categories: Arduino, Computers & Mobile, Electronics, Open Source Hardware | 7 Comments
A host of hopeful startups will be in evidence today the Bay Area Maker Faire. The fair's list of sponsors includes a startup category. Maker Faire is a chance for many of these companies to show their products to an appreciative audience. The relationship goes deep; the companies were started... Read more »
Categories: 3D Printing, Computers & Mobile, Crowdfunding, Maker Pro, Makers, Open Source Hardware, Robotics | No Comments
It's no surprise that so many people get inspired at Maker Faire to join in on the 3D printing revolution. Fortunately for everyone at Maker Faire, you can head over to the Maker Shed and pick one up at the event. Read more »
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MAKE's 2nd annual Hardware Innovation Workshop concluded yesterday after two inspiring, thought-provoking days. Thanks to all our great sponsors, presenters, and attendees for making it a success. Here's a look back. Read more »
Categories: Arduino, Electronics, Maker Pro, Open Source Hardware | No Comments
Hardware is hard as the quip goes, but there's never been a better time to be prototyping and launching hardware projects than right now. That seemed to be the consensus today as the second and final day of MAKE Hardware's Innovation Workshop wrapped up. The all-day schedule of speakers represented... Read more »
Categories: 3D Printing, Arduino, Crowdfunding, Electronics, Maker Pro, Open Source Hardware | No Comments
Today's great line-up of speakers at the second and final day of the Hardware Innovation Workshop let fly a flurry of great tweets. Here is but a sampling of the buzz. Read more »
Categories: Crowdfunding, Maker Pro, Open Source Hardware | No Comments
Makers have mixed opinions on venture capitalists (VCs) fueled by stories of entrepreneurs who lost control of the companies they built when they traded autonomy for capital. While projects are getting off the ground with crowd sourcing from Kickstarter and Indiegogo, many start ups still turn to VCs to get... Read more »
Categories: Crowdfunding, Maker Pro, Open Source Hardware | No Comments
One of Maker Faire's newest Blacksmith Sponsors is HAXLR8R, a hardware startup incubator based of both San Francisco and Shenzhen, China. Now in its second year, HAXLR8R takes promising startups to China to jumpstart their innovative hardware companies. HAXLR8R's latest batch of startups and the incubator itself (currently accepting applications... Read more »
Categories: Education, Electronics, Maker Pro, Makers, Open Source Hardware | No Comments
A major manufacturer of CNC routers today launched what it hopes will be "a whole new class of digital tool" called the Handibot. The announcement was made at the Hardware Innovation Workshop, currently going on in San Mateo, California. Read more »
Categories: Crowdfunding, Electronics, Maker Pro, Open Source Hardware, Tools, Woodworking, Workshop | 1 Comment
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