Year: 2010

Sonodrome: Inspiring entrepreneurship in hobby electronics

That said, there’s almost nothing we like to see better than a maker hanging out a shingle and selling their own handiwork. Finding these people and helping to promote their work was the single biggest reason we launched Makers Market. If you’re on the fence about hanging out your own shingle, give it a look and/or drop me an e-mail, and let’s talk. Likewise, if you’re ready to take the plunge but could use a bit of start-up cash, consider entering our Gadget Freak Design Contest. It’s been running for a couple of weeks, now, but the pool of entrants is still small, and the pool of truly impressive entries is smaller still, so there’s a very real opportunity there for the right clever person with the right clever idea. First prize is $1,000 in cash and guaranteed admission to Makers Market.

DMY Maker Lab in Berlin

Travis Meinolf writes in about an exciting workshop series called DMY Maker Lab, part of Open Design Berlin. Join in workshops on weaving (using Travis’ mini laser looms), bioplastic production, electronics, printmaking, and vacuum forming, just to name a few. More info at the Open Design Berlin site, and there’s also a Facebook event.

Makers tile game

Cory Doctorow has announced a new card game based on the cool illustrations that accompanied the serialized version of his novel Makers. Last year, my novel Makers was published and syndicated free as a series of 81 blog-posts on Tor.com. Tor had the insanely creative people at Idiots’ Books produce 81 interlocking, tesselating illustrations, one […]