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2. The New Industrail Revolution

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Other FabLabs. GIFTED: A Maker’s Marketplace (17-December-2011) Quirky Makes Invention Accessible. Shapeways - Make & Share Your Products with 3D Printing. Home. Kickstarter. Arduino - HomePage. 3D Robotics' Chris Anderson discusses a drone-filled future (video) You'll likely miss 3D Robotics on first pass.

3D Robotics' Chris Anderson discusses a drone-filled future (video)

The company's San Diego R&D facility is headquartered in an unassuming building amongst similarly nondescript offices in a maze of a business park. Enter through the back and you'll find yourself in the middle of a small manufacturing assembly, where industrial Pick and Place machines buzz loudly and a handful of women are QAing finished product. Until earlier this month, the site was mostly off the radar, save for a devoted group of online enthusiasts. Then, Wired editor-in-chief Chris Anderson announced he was leaving the magazine in order to head up the company. Otherlab. DARPA MENTOR Award to Bring Making to Education. O’Reilly Media’s Make division, in partnership with Otherlab, has received an award from The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in support of its Manufacturing Experimentation and Outreach (MENTOR) program.

DARPA MENTOR Award to Bring Making to Education

The Team will help advance DARPA’s Mentor program, an initiative aimed at introducing new design tools and collaborative practices of making to high school students. Makerspace, developed by Dale Dougherty of O’Reilly Media and Dr. Saul Griffith of Otherlab, will integrate online tools for design and collaboration with low-cost options for physical workspaces where students may access educational support to gain practical hands-on experience with new technologies and innovative processes to design and build projects. Maker Faire. Etsy - Your place to buy and sell all things handmade, vintage, and supplies. TechShop is America's 1st Nationwide Open-Access Public Workshop. Creating a space for young makers and educators.