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Bilal Ghalib is kickstarting an effort to hold hackerspace-style workshops in Baghdad, Iraq. Hackerspaces build hope by giving people access to tools and a local/global community through which people are enabled to invent their own future. We need your support to extend our reach into Baghdad. Without your support we cannot run these events in […]
Why would grown men and women want to race around a track on hacked and modified Power Wheels toys? Simply because it might just be the most fun you’ve ever had, and the hardest you’ve ever laughed. Welcome to the world-renowned (at least in our world) Power Racing Series! What has been the rowdy crowd-pleaser […]
Mountain View, CA, hackerspace Hacker Dojo needs help with facility improvements! Apparently code violations are threatening their ability to offer classes and they’re turning to the crowd to help them out. We are currently not allowed in more than half of the space we pay rent on, not permitted to hold large classes, and not […]
Chris Cprek of Louisville’s LVL1 hackerspace demonstrates a EEG-controlled machine that blows up watermelons. Brad and I created Mind over Melon. Ever since I was a boy, I’ve dreamed of exploding things with my mind. At LVL1, we now have the technology to make this dream come true. Using a hacked Star Wars Force Trainer, […]
Over at the Maui Makers hackerspace, member Ryan K showed up with a mess of Lilikoi fruit (also known as passion fruit). Using anodized bolts (source of zinc), some thin copper pipe, wire, switches, LEDs, and a capacitor, he built himself a battery from the fruit.
Portsmouth, NH, has a new maker space! This Friday 8/24 7-9pm Port City makerspace is having our grand opening party! Everybody is invited to come check out the facilities and gawk at awesome projects on display by our members. Come meet other interested people and see for yourself how the DIY community in Portsmouth NH […]
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 runs weekly(ish). Surface Mount Soldering Class at NYC Resistor There sure are some nifty new electronic components coming […]
