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Hardware Innovation Workshop Early Registration Ends April 15

Early bird registration for MAKE’s Hardware Innovation Workshop ends Monday, April 15. The second annual event, May 14-15 in San Mateo, Calif., comes right before Maker Faire and it will feature new hardware products and services and the makers who have created them. More than 30 speakers will share the stage, offering business insights into manufacturing options for startups, and collaborative strategies from funding to production to distribution, marketing and positioning. VCs will discuss which products get their attention and why, and entrepreneurial makers will tell their stories.

Continue Reading April 11th, 2013 Stett Holbrook

MAKE’s Hardware Innovation Workshop Issues Call for Prototypes

The MAKE Hardware Innovation Workshop, set for May 14-15, 2013, has just issued a call for prototypes of early stage products, projects, and ideas. Selected prototypes will be presented at the opening session of the workshop, and featured in the Innovation Showcase on Tuesday, May 14. Each winning entrant will have five minutes to present their idea and a prototype: a two-minute pitch, then a three-minute demonstration of the prototype.

Continue Reading April 10th, 2013 Stett Holbrook2

The Accidental Maker

A pursuit of bandit gold leads to a different kind of treasure.

Continue Reading April 9th, 2013November 11th, 2015 David Lang

Making It Legal — A Meeting of the Minds

As a maker, you have some great ideas. You probably have some solid skills, too. You might be a welder, an electronics whiz, or a woodworker. Odds are, though, you’re not all of these things. If you want to turn your ideas into a successful business, at some point you’ll probably need help.

Continue Reading April 9th, 2013 Craig Couden

How Many People Will Own 3D Printers?

MAKE publisher Dale Dougherty looks at the current state of the 3D printing industry and asks: “How soon do you think we’ll get to one million printers and what will drive those sales?”

Continue Reading April 5th, 2013 Dale Dougherty37

Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino: Making the Good Night Lamp

Last March, Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino registered a new limited company in London, and booked a booth at CES, the consumer electronics trade show, taking place 10 months later. She had no team, and only a dated prototype product that she had designed back in 2005. “I thought what’s the biggest kick in the ass that I […]

Continue Reading April 4th, 2013 Andrew Sleigh10