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i3 Detroit Celebrates Its First Anniversary

i3 Detroit Celebrates Its First Anniversary

i3 Detroit, Metro Detroitโ€™s premiere community hackerspace, will be recognizing its one year anniversary at its Ferndale location with a public celebration and ceremony on April 9th, 2011. The 8,000 square-foot workshop has provided an ideal location for hosting classes and events for the community. Events held in the last year include introductions to welding, […]

ThinkGeek Giving Away Damaged Stock to Hackerspaces, Schools

ThinkGeek Giving Away Damaged Stock to Hackerspaces, Schools

How cool is that? From Blurgh! The ThinkGeek Blog:

We have a problem. And itโ€™s growing at a rate proportional to our return pile. We canโ€™t, in good conscience, resell damaged electronics. And we canโ€™t donate them to charityโ€“the saddest kid in the world is one with a handheld video game that wonโ€™t turn on. Garbage, then? Not good for the environment. Luckily for us, thereโ€™s an entire class of scavengers out there ready to pick the bones of our helicopters, keyboards, and interactive t-shirts: hackers, makers, and crafty techy types.

Theyโ€™re even polling interest in a possible subscription service. [Thanks, John!]