Tesla Gun
Willow Brugh checks out uber hacker Rob Flickenger’s latest project, a don’t try this at home Tesla gun!
Hackerspaces
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Video Overview of the Mill Tech Shop
I got a chance to check out the Mill and it’s pretty cool! If you’re in Minneapolis, be sure to stop by for a visit. In the meantime, check out this Thrillist video (which I couldn’t get to embed in this post, alas.) Remember shop class? Of course not, because you went to public school, […]
Flashback: Masonic Conspiracy Revealed!
Here is my theory: Occult institutions evolve out of professional
guilds after they stop caring about how to actually build things.
Experiencing the Parallax Expo
Our friend Daniel Gentleman went to the Parallax Robotics and Microcontrollers Expo in April, and he wrote the following trip report for us.
Unconference for Hacker/Makerspace Founders and Facilitators
Ever wanted to talk with other people who create and maintain hacker and makerspaces? SpaceCamps exist as a forum for facilitators and founders of hacker and makerspaces to speak to each other on the meta level of the maker movement and associated responsibilities. SpaceCamp took place at Maker Faire San Mateo, Detroit, and New York […]
Hackerspace Happenings for May 1
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). Indianapolis’ Club Cyberia’s First Open House Greeting from Club Cyberia, Indianapolis Indiana’s Makerspace. We moved into […]
Power Racing Season is Heating Up
The Power Racing Series (PPPRS), where grown men and women ride around on souped up toy cars (like the pink Power Wheels Jeep shown above) is gearing up for another season. The phenomenon, mostly centered around the Midwestern U.S. hackerspace scene, has been around since 2009 and seen an impressive growth every year since then. […]
