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Rhode Island Mini Maker Faire Goes Down This Saturday

Rhode Island Mini Maker Faire Goes Down This Saturday

By Stett Holbrook

Stett Holbrook

Stett Holbrook is editor of the Bohemian, an alternative weekly in Santa Rosa, California. He is a former senior editor at Maker Media.

He is also the co-creator of Food Forward, a documentary TV series for PBS about the innovators and pioneers changing our food system.

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Rhode Island’s Mini Maker Faire is set for this Saturday, Aug. 10. For such a little state, organizers are planning a big fair to celebrate Yankee ingenuity.

First, the details: The fair will be held at the Pell Chafee Performance Center in Providence. MAKE book editor Brian Jepson is helping to organize the event so you know it’s going to be great. And the fair is happening inside AS220’s Foo Fest 2013 so it’s a twofer. Foo Fest is a fun-filled music, art, and food celebration. Admission is $7 and entrance to the fair is included.

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Providence, RI Fab Academy Now Accepting Applications for 2013

Providence, RI Fab Academy Now Accepting Applications for 2013

By Brian Jepson

Brian Jepson

I'm a tinkerer and finally reached the point where I fix more things than I break. When I'm not tinkering, I'm probably editing a book for Maker Media.

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The Fab Academy Providence is accepting applications for their 2013 program. This is a six-month long digital fabrication program that’s directed by Neil Gershenfeld and is based on his MIT rapid prototyping course, How to Make (Almost) Anything. Deadline for applications is November 30, 2012.

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Mask Making for the Viking Procession in Providence

Mask Making for the Viking Procession in Providence

Shawn Wallace

By Shawn Wallace

Shawn Wallace

Shawn Wallace is a MAKE contributor, artist, programmer, and editor living in Providence, R.I. He designs open hardware kits at Modern Device and organized the Fab Academy at the Providence Fab Lab. He makes iPhone synthesizers with the Fluxama collective and is a member of the SMT Computing Society.

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AS220 Artist-In Residence Dennis McNett (Wolfbat Studio) has led workshops in mask making all this week, and the results are remarkable. Over 70 people have made piles of masks and helmets, from the vacuum formed wolves and skulls above to the bird-embellished Viking helmets below. These will all be strapped to a menagerie of characters […]

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Rhode Island Mini Maker Faire: August 11, 2012 (Call to Makers is Open)

Rhode Island Mini Maker Faire: August 11, 2012 (Call to Makers is Open)

By Brian Jepson

Brian Jepson

I'm a tinkerer and finally reached the point where I fix more things than I break. When I'm not tinkering, I'm probably editing a book for Maker Media.

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(2011 RI Mini Maker Faire photo by Carolyn Fahm) Once again, the Rhode Island Mini Maker Faire is coming to Providence, and it’s exactly one month away. The call to makers is open, so if you’ve got something amazing you’d like to show off, please hit that link. This year, we’ll be embedded in AS220‘s […]

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First Providence, RI Maker Monday on April 2 at AS220 Labs

First Providence, RI Maker Monday on April 2 at AS220 Labs

By Brian Jepson

Brian Jepson

I'm a tinkerer and finally reached the point where I fix more things than I break. When I'm not tinkering, I'm probably editing a book for Maker Media.

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AS220 Labs and KippKits are hosting Providence’s first Maker Monday Meet-Up on April 2 from 7pm-10pm: “Get Made Monthly!” Drinks and demos meet-up for Rhode Island Makers who design and build for fun or profit. Monday, April 2nd 7pm-10pm Lucie Way, Providence RI Free! Featured demo from local open hardware manufacturer, kippkitts, LLC “Making Disco […]

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Hardware Hackathon in Providence, RI on January 28-29

Hardware Hackathon in Providence, RI on January 28-29

By Brian Jepson

Brian Jepson

I'm a tinkerer and finally reached the point where I fix more things than I break. When I'm not tinkering, I'm probably editing a book for Maker Media.

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Digital Meets Physical will bring makers, software hackers, and DIY geeks together for two days of outrageous fun, using the Netduino platform and other fun toys to build our brains out. We’ll be hacking at the AS220 Labs, a hackerspace where tools, technology and inspiration abound. With no less than 10 top quality watering holes within spitting distance, power breaks and refueling will be top notch.

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