Makers
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“I’ve always done a certain amount of work with my hands, but my whole career was in software.” Rich Pekelney (pictured above) is standing in front of one of many mammoth machines in San Francisco’s TechShop , a DIY paradise full of industrial equipment for makers of all kinds. The space is intimidating at first glance.
The maker movement isn’t just for hackers anymore
Baghdad Iraq. It was once the jewel of the Muslim empire and epicenter of knowledge in the Eastern world. Now it is best known for corrupt governance, bombings, and dust storms.
TEDxBaghdad - Iraq - violence, dust storms and open sourced manufacturing
Why Apple Should Start Making a 3D Printer Right Now - Ross Andersen - Technology
Hobbyists and tinkerers are testing out the future with a technology that you're probably going to have sooner than you think. The progression that computers made from IBM to your laptop has patterned the expectations for all future technologies.
Beth Kolko is the sort of academic who follows her muse from one fascinating topic to another.
Beth Kolko: “Hackademia – Leveraging the conflict between expertise and innovation to create disruptive technologies”
Tuesday, January 24, 12:30 pm Berkman Center, 23 Everett Street, second floor This event will be webcast live at 12:30 pm ET and archived on our site shortly after. This talk describes two projects that tackle the same issue: how and why do nonexperts contribute to innovation? The conflict between expertise and innovation sits uneasily in academia, where the enterprise hinges on doling out official credentials.
Hackademia: Leveraging the Conflict Between Expertise and Innovation to Create Disruptive Technologies
Monitor: More than just digital quilting
THE scene in the park surrounding New York's Hall of Science, on a sunny weekend in mid-September, resembles a futuristic craft fair.
Au coeur du site des hackers
Hackerspaces.org recense les lieux physiques où se rencontrent de plus en plus les adeptes de la bidouille. Esther Schneeweisz, alias Astera, fait partie des fondateurs.Make: Online | Which Comic Book Character Is The Greatest Maker Of All Time?
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Who better to patrol the grounds of Maker Faire than R2-D2? The R2 Builders Club is a national organization dedicated to creating and distributing plans for replicas of the robots of the Star Wars universe.
Maker SHED - Bay Area Maker Faire 2011
The MakerBot Thing-O-Matic is our favorite thing. It makes us so happy to see them go out into the world and make things for you. It comes as a kit and you put it together and it makes you things!
