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Working on starting a makerspace? Register now for a How to Make a Makerspace workshop, Friday, May 17 at Maker Faire Bay Area in San Mateo, CA. Read more »
Categories: Hackerspaces, Maker Pro, Makers, Tools, Workshop | 8 Comments
To get the most efficient use of solar electric energy, you must keep your solar panel pointed at the sun. Manually moving the solar panel is impractical. An automated solution may be beyond the reach of many green energy enthusiasts or anyone who just wants to keep the lights on... Read more »
Categories: Electronics, Maker Pro, Robotics | 10 Comments
"If you come, we will build it." 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, along with technology and market trends. Read more »
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Applications are now open at Haxlr8r. Joining a growing contingent of hardware accelerators vying for companies and ideas. Read more »
Categories: Maker Pro, Hackerspaces, Open Source Hardware | 1 Comment
I visited the Citizen Astronaut and Space Hacker Workshop in Silicon Valley this weekend, hosted by Hacker Dojo, to see what’s new and exciting in DIY space stuff. This much is clear after just the first day: If you haven't explored it before, now is the time to start looking... Read more »
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Daniel Hutchinson of Alpharetta, GA, is the front man for Atlanta-based HYREL 3D, a startup launched in November through a highly successful Kickstarter campaign. The idea behind their HighlY-RELiable 3D printer design is to provide an open-platform fused-filament system that does not cost as much as "industrial" machines, but requires... Read more »
Categories: Crowdfunding, 3D Printing | No Comments
What if hardware iteration were as fast as software iteration? That question has inspired Jeff McAlvay to create Electronics Factory, a desktop pick and place machine. He believes answering it could unlock could unlock a revolution in hardware innovation Read more »
Haptix is a sensor that enables multitouch on any surface, such as a screen, keyboard, or table. The creators are competing in MAKE’s 2013 Hardware Innovation Workshop, set for May 14-15 to compete in the “pitches with prototypes” contest. A dozen companies have submitted hardware projects and workshop attendees will... Read more »
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Number four in our daily line-up of Hardware Innovation Workshop prototype contest entries is the LumiGeek LED4DIY family of RGB LED control shields. LumiGeek recently made a big splash, online, for their part in the collaboration (with Autodesk engineers Arthur Harsuvanakit and Evan Atherton) that produced this beautiful one-off 3D-printed... Read more »
Categories: Arduino, Computers & Mobile, Maker Pro | No Comments
This month's Hardware Innovation Workshop (May 14-15) offers an impressive line-up of speakers, presentations, workshops, and product demos all aimed at showcasing innovation and the maker ecosystem–fundraising, strategic partners, technology, and manufacturing options. If you're involved in the business of making, the Hardware Innovation Workshop is a one-of-a kind event.... Read more »
Categories: Maker Pro, Open Source Hardware | No Comments
Like most people out there, I sometimes have more ideas than time to implement them. So instead of keeping those ideas locked in a notebook somewhere unaccessible and not serving a purpose, I’m going to release them into the world as public domain in the hope that they might inspire,... Read more »
Categories: Open Source Hardware | 8 Comments
Ouya is a new kind of game console for the television. It is open and allows any creator to develop games. Ouya's Tim DaRosa will be at the Hardware Innovation Workshop (May14-15) talking about how they got started. Central to their development process was getting feedback and suggestions from backers,... Read more »
Categories: Crowdfunding, Maker Pro, Open Source Hardware | 4 Comments
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