With the spread of Arduino and related hobby microcontrollers, we’ve started to see a new kind of gadget emerging: the Hackable. Hackables are gadgets that do something right out of the box, but their microcontrollers are exposed for reprogramming, so if you want to tweak them — or even rework them entirely — you can […]
Whenever people mention Shenzhen, names like “Silicon Valley of Hardware”, “Tech City” “Innovation Hub” are one of the first things that will come to mind. While dreams may be born in San Francisco, many are realized in this wonderful city of tech, where you can build almost anything you can imagine from scratch. Hence, for […]
Co.Lab is a free, non-profit (501c3) fabrication lab and craft studio with a mission to empower and support innovators of color, the queer community, women and other underrepresented groups, regardless of financial situation, by providing a safe, inclusive environment. How did you get started? The four of us have backgrounds in education and making. Though […]
Looking at the specs of the Teensy 4.0 sent me back to my time in Akihabara, Japan circa 1999. Polished CD players catch the sun in every main street shop window, but just a block into the backstreets crowded bins of raw electronic parts line the shops. From a barely-advertised store I catch a glimpse […]
This week we’re looking at a toy that has become a common occurance at Maker Faires all over the world. This is a vertical plotter by Marginally Clever Robots, called the Makelangelo. It comes nearly fully assembled in the box. You just have to slap a few bits and pieces together and mount it. After […]
We receive so many pitches for crowdfunding projects. They pour into our inbox daily. Since crowdfunding is a bit of a gamble, it is always kind of hard to determine just how to write about these projects, considering that many of them may not ever deliver. Cool Crowdfunding is our way of sharing some of […]
Home: Kansas City, MO Day Job: Maker Specialist, The Maker Studio @ Science City Makerspace: The Maker Studio and Hammerspace Workshop in Kansas City How did you get started in making? I have been making since I was little. I started with the most important woodworking job: holding and snapping the chalk line for my […]
