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Biking Across Belgium in Pursuit of Fab Lab’s Future

Biking Across Belgium in Pursuit of Fab Lab’s Future

Our names are Madison Worthy and Miriam Engle and we are cycling from Copenhagen to Barcelona to film the documentary “Self-Made”, the story of creative communities, all about the European Maker Movement. We started by asking the basic questions in Denmark — what is a Fab Lab and what kinds of tools and machines are available?

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Biking to 10 Fab Labs in the Netherlands

Biking to 10 Fab Labs in the Netherlands

Editor’s note: Madison Worthy and Miriam Engle are biking across Europe, visiting different makerspaces, and filming Self-Made, a documentary about their adventure and the Makers they meet. You can find the other parts to this series at the end of this article.   Bicycle is the way to experience the Netherlands. The country is flat […]

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Documenting the Maker Movement from Copenhagen to Bremen

Documenting the Maker Movement from Copenhagen to Bremen

Editor’s note: Madison Worthy and Miriam Engle are biking across Europe, visiting different Makerspaces, and filming Self-Made, a documentary about their adventure and the Makers they meet. You can find the other parts to this series at the end of this article. We are Madison Worthy and Miriam Engle, and we are biking across Europe […]

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Benvenuto in Rome: A Call for Makers

Benvenuto in Rome: A Call for Makers

Last month was my first Maker Faire, in San Mateo, California. I knew what it would be, but I didn’t know what it would be like. The energy, the spirit of the attendees and the makers, gave the event that je ne sais quoi that made it unforgettable. It transcended, by far, any coverage — […]

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