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GGHC Finalist Profile – Pumping Station: One

GGHC Finalist Profile – Pumping Station: One

#google_ads_div_mz_hackerspace_125x125_ad_container { float:right; margin:-14px 0 5px 10px; } // The element14 Great Global Hackerspace Challenge has run its course, and the number of contestants has been whittled down from 30 to three. We’ll be profiling each finalist on MAKE, starting with Chicago’s Pumping Station: One! PS:One’s project was a wearable biosensor array consisting of multiple […]

Hackerspace Happenings: GGHC Semifinalists Announced

Hackerspace Happenings: GGHC Semifinalists Announced

GGHC Semifinalists Announced Then there were three. After weeks of grueling, late-night hacking sessions, 27 of the original 30 GGHC participant groups submitted projects for judging and three were chosen as semifinalists. Stay tuned, we’ll be interviewing the three semifinalists here on MAKE. Until then, here are the projects: Pumping Station: One’s Biosensor Array, BuildBrighton’s […]

The Hack Factory Needs You

The Hack Factory Needs You

Twin Cities Maker, the organization that rents the Hack Factory hackerspace in Minneapolis, may be homeless without your help. When TC Maker moved into the space in January of 2010, it was on a sub-lease basis, where the principle leaseholder rented part of the building to the organization. Last Monday, they found out that the […]

Great Global Hackerspace Challenge Update

Great Global Hackerspace Challenge Update

With up to thirty hackerspaces participating in element14’s Great Global Hackerspace Challenge, it’s hard to summarize all of their work over the past few weeks. However, XinCheJian’s Ricky Ng-Adam’s GGHC Awards does a great job of profiling most of the projects competing in the contest, and even offers unofficial awards like “Best surprise working feature […]