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Amidst the flurry of excitement that was Maker Faire earlier this month, one thing that got overlooked in my own NYC backyard was the Grand re-opening of north Brooklyn's community hackerspace Alpha One Labs. Thankfully PC Mag's Chris Snyder & Edward Schneckloth stopped by to interview founder Sean Auriti and... Read more »
Categories: Hackerspaces, Maker Pro | No Comments
"In five years, Kickstarter looks largely the same — but the rest of the world looks a lot more like Kickstarter." From the editors of MAKE magazine, the Maker Pro Newsletter is about the impact of makers on business and technology. Our coverage includes hardware startups, new products, incubators, innovators,... Read more »
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Cliff Stoll is a prototypical mad scientist. His white hair juts out like it's been hit with a jolt of static electricity, and his demeanor is just as energetic. I visited thinking I'd be covering his R/C forklift, but was drawn in for an afternoon of conversation and gadgetry. Read more »
Categories: Maker Pro, Robotics | 6 Comments
What happens if your Kickstarter campaign fails? Then break your product down, figure out what actually works, and try the whole thing again. That's what Zach Supalla and the Spark team have done. Read more »
Categories: Arduino, Crowdfunding, Electronics, Maker Pro | 6 Comments
Ron Bean has a fascinating post on Milwaukee Makerspace’s wiki about his project to plumb in the hackerspace’s water cooler. In addition to the obligatory refrigerator full of soda (or sometimes empty of soda, depending on whether anyone’s filled it recently), we also have a water cooler that takes the... Read more »
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This is the first in a series of posts documenting how to start a makerspace of your own in your local community. This post is focused on the one question almost everyone asks when starting a space - how do you get insurance for your makerspace? We'll start with a... Read more »
Categories: Education, Hackerspaces, Maker Pro, Workshop | 8 Comments
This week, I interviewed the designer and maker Brendan Dawes for my podcast, Looking Sideways. Brendan's known for early interactive web projects like Psycho Studio, that allows users to remix Hitchcock's famous shower scene themselves. He's also known for his physical projects, such as the Moviepeg and Popa iPhone accessories,... Read more »
Categories: Arduino, Art & Design, Maker Pro, Makers | 1 Comment
The past decade has seen the sudden, dramatic appearance of community spaces offering public, shared access to high-end manufacturing equipment. These spaces are interchangeably referred to as hackerspaces, makerspaces, TechShops, and FabLabs. This can lead the intended audience to become incredibly confused as to why there might be so many... Read more »
Categories: Education, Hackerspaces, Maker Pro, Makers | 29 Comments
Figuring out how much to charge for your product is the second most common question entrepreneurs ask themselves. The first is of course..."what should I build in the first place.” Assuming you’ve made it past the first question and there is a market for your product, you have to figure... Read more »
Categories: Electronics, Maker Pro | 4 Comments
What's an antidote to too much time spent online? Joe Sandor's answer was making something with your hands and spending face-to-face time with friends. It was the social aspect of making and eating crepes that originally inspired the Captain Crepe Pan. That success lead this sculptor to his second adventure... Read more »
Categories: Maker Pro, Crowdfunding, Food & Beverage | No Comments
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 | 6 Comments
The bland-looking machines that lined the east wall of the Makerspace at Maker Faire did a good job of being entertaining throughout Maker Faire. They were constantly surrounded by kids watching them do all sorts of etching and inscribing tricks. But the three machines — from ShopBot, Epilog, and Tormach... Read more »
Categories: General, Maker Pro | 2 Comments
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