The Milwaukee Makerspace is having a grand opening party next weekend on Saturday, April 9th, 2011. They’ve got a great schedule of events planned, including a Power Wheels race, stump the maker contest, circuit etching and biodiesel demonstrations, food, and live music. If you’re in the area, this would be a great time to go […]
A weekly roundup of craft fairs and a call for vendors.
Sean Montgomery’s heartbeat sculpture, BBC News On March 11, 12, Maker Faire UK pitched its big, geeky tent once again in Newcastle. This BBC News “Tech Know” segment (link below) and article offer a fun little wrap-up of the event. It sounds like it was a roaring success, with some 10,000 attendees. Congrats to the […]
In this installation of Hackerspace Happenings, I’m interviewing Akiba of Freaklabs about the efforts of Tokyo Hackerspace to help out in the aftermath of the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear accident. John Baichtal: How did Tokyo Hackerspace members react to the disaster? Akiba: I don’t think anyone could really ignore what was going on. The mailing […]
Our wireheaded cohort over at RoboGames have made another generous offer this year to all MAKE readers. David Calkins writes… RoboGames invites all MAKE readers to discounted tickets to “RoboGames 2011,” the eight annual international robot olympics. This event highlights the best robot teams from around the world, in 70 different competitions. Everything from acrobatic […]
A weekly roundup of craft fairs and a call for vendors.
Are you a hackerspace member with an event you’d like to publicize? Send it to johnb@makezine.com or tweet me at @johnbaichtal and I’ll post it. Also feel free to subscribe to my hackerspaces Twitter list. Hackerspace Happenings will run weekly Tuesdays, and the next one will come out March 29th. The Great Global Hackerspace Challenge […]
