TechShop Austin-Round Rock Announced. Adafruit. November 3, 2011 AT 10:22 pm Michelle Hlubinka writes - TechShop, the network of membership-supported fab spaces, asks “What do you want to make?” For the last couple of years, the Young Makers program has asked a similar question, adding a couple of letters to it: “What do youth want to make?” This Sunday afternoon, November 6th, TechShop and the Young Makers program team up to co-host a meet-and-greet at TechShop San Francisco. Young Makers are coming to infiltrate … er … get acquainted with TechShop, recruit TechShop members to become mentors this season, start new clubs to build projects for next spring’s Maker Faire, and generally get to know one another. Autodesk will be there, too, to lead workshops on their new software Sketchbook (on the iPad) and 123D Make (on the PC).From a pilot club a couple of years ago, the Young Makers program has grown to include dozens of Maker Clubs in the Bay Area and beyond.
Related Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time. Leroy-Merlin se paye les labos citoyens. Leroy-Merlin se passionne pour le phénomène des fab labs, ces lieux citoyens dédiés au partage d'outils de fabrication et de production. Par pur amour du client et de son développement (financier) durable. Imaginons : il s’appelle Jean, il pousse les portes de son Leroy-Merlin avec en tête un plan de bibliothèque spéciale bandes dessinées. Direction le fab lab (pour fabrication laboratory, c’est-à-dire un lieu citoyen ou universitaire, non lucratif, dédié aux fabrications d’objets). Dans cette mini-usine, une équipe dédiée l’accueille et met à sa disposition des machines-outils assistées par ordinateur.
Dimension, matériau, elle l’aide à modéliser le meuble de ses rêves grâce à un logiciel de Conception assistée par ordinateur (CAO). Puis fraiseuse à commande numérique (CNC dans le jargon pour computer numerically controlled), tournevis et autre marteau entrent en action. À la fin de la journée, Jean ressort tout fier avec son meuble. Le comité de direction emmené en visite Letsevo et. Tina Baine, DIY: Turning consumers into creators -- MakersFactory soon to open in Santa Cruz. Let's say you have an idea for a product, maybe even one that will enhance or improve people's lives: a remote-controlled lawn mower for the elderly, a combo light show/breathalyzer your party guests can consult before driving home, or a stylish laser-cut table that breaks down quickly and packs flat for storage or easy transportation.
What if you could design your idea using free software? What if you could produce parts for your product using machinery you build from free blueprints or a kit, and could actually manufacture that product on your own desktop or in your office, without a factory? What if you could easily customize your product -- making each one slightly different -- at almost no extra cost?
The founders of MakersFactory want to show you how to do all this and more. Chris Yonge and Dave Britton will be leading the way to the maker revolution in Santa Cruz. "The maker movement has exploded," said Yonge. The sharing of process will be championed at MakersFactory. If You Go. Untitled Document. Inventables: Find new materials. TechShop is the SF Bay Area's Only Open-Access Public Workshop -- What Do You Want To Make at TechShop? 7 Successful Products to Emerge From San Francisco's TechShop - Nicholas Jackson - Technology. With hundreds of members at each location, TechShop is in the process of expanding its franchise. Here's proof that the model can work. Jim Newton has close to 300 ideas that he would like to see realized. About five years ago, when that list seemed more manageable at only 200 items, Newton opened the first TechShop in Menlo Park, California.
The idea was to empower other people to turn their one big idea into a reality. "I don't tinker as much as I thought I would," Newton recently told Newsweek, by way of explaining the ever-growing list, "but it's really rewarding to walk around and say, 'I empower this person to make this thing? '" There, in the safe confines of TechShop's space, where they are surrounded by others brimming with ideas and passion, the members can tinker with the high-end industrial gear and materials, piecing together prototypes for the Next Big Thing. But does it work? Image: Courtesy TechShop.