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Maker Pro News: Entrepreneurs at World Maker Faire, the Future of IoT, and More

DC Denison

DC Denison is the co-editor of The Maker Pro Newsletter, which covers the intersection of makers and business. That means hardware startups, new products, and market trends.

DC manages customer stories at Acquia, the digital experience company.

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Jon Christian

Jon Christian is the co-editor of the Maker Pro Newsletter, which covers the intersection between makers and business. He's also written for the Boston Globe, WIRED and The Atlantic.

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September 2nd, 2016April 20th, 2017

Catch the ways makers are impacting business and technology this week. Our coverage includes hardware startups, new products, incubators, and innovators, along with technology and market trends.

New X-Carve CNC Router Bulks Up for Advanced Usage

Mike Senese is a content producer with a focus on technology, science, and engineering. He served as Executive Editor of Make: magazine for nearly a decade, and previously was a senior editor at Wired. Mike has also starred in engineering and science shows for Discovery Channel, including Punkin Chunkin, How Stuff Works, and Catch It Keep It.

An avid maker, Mike spends his spare time tinkering with electronics, fixing cars, and attempting to cook the perfect pizza. You might spot him at his local skatepark in the SF Bay Area.

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August 31st, 2016September 1st, 2016

Last May, we spotted what looked like an updated version of Inventable’s X-Carve. The company has now made it official.

Exclusive First Look: Inventables’ Sleek New “3D Carving” Machine Is the Designer’s Dream CNC Router

By Elizabeth Koprucki

Elizabeth Koprucki

Elizabeth Koprucki is CNC Area Host at the Pumping Station: One hackerspace in Chicago, IL. She works as a design professional and maker educator, and loves to share her enthusiasm for digital fabrication with diverse audiences. You can read about her ongoing maker adventures at http://rampantcreative.wordpress.com.

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October 21st, 2014August 31st, 2015

Inventables wants to put CNC milling on designers’ desktops, and they are releasing a stylish machine called Carvey to help make it happen.

My journey With Maker Faire -Does the maker movement matter?

By Zach Kaplan

Zach Kaplan

Zach Kaplan is the founder and CEO of Inventables. He founded the company in 2002 and bootstrapped it until 2009. A maker his whole life, he is on a mission to ignite digital manufacturing world wide and provide everyone with ambition a way to get started. Named a “modern Leonardo” by the Museum of Science and Industry, his dream is create a world with 2 million digital manufacturers that have raving fans, not customers.

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June 18th, 2014 0

I’ve been a “maker” my whole life. I was introduced to making by my parents through construction toys like LEGOs, Duplos, Construx, Tinker Toys, Cardboard Red Bricks, and just about every other construction toy on the market. My grandfather got me my first soldering iron and my first remote control car, the Futaba FX-10 that […]