Brooklyn’s 3rd Ward Makerspace Abruptly Closes Shop
The sudden closing of Brooklyn’s 3rd Ward has left many – makers, artists, teachers, and members – with questions about what happened and why there was no advanced notice of their shuttered doors.
Makerspaces
Makerspace + Museum = Orlando Mini Maker Faire 2013
FamiLAB makerspace and the Orlando Science Center have worked together for the last year on Orlando Mini Maker Faire number two, all coming together—with the help of over 100 maker exhibitors!— tomorrow at the Orlando Science Center in Florida.
Makerspaces Making a Difference: (Re)Making Town Park Sk8 Gallery
American Steel Studios’ makers’ hard work and crowdfunding campaign is keeping kids skating in their neighborhood of West Oakland, CA. IndieGoGo campaign ends 10/17; community build day this Sunday.
Southern Fried Makers? Tulsa and Louisville Say Yes This Weekend!
A radio-controlled wax Colonel Sanders? Wildcrafting from cane? Find these and other amazing projects at Oklahoma and Kentucky’s first-ever Maker Faires—this weekend in Tulsa and in Louisville.
16 Cool Old Medical Devices (Donated to my Hackerspace)
Some kind soul donated a bunch of old medical devices to my hackerspace, the Hack Factory — equipment so ancient that there was no way it would ever again be used in a medical setting… And what better place to donate a bunch of sweet junk than a hackerspace?
Open Access Secures Hackerspaces
Open Access is a hackerspace security system that was born out of a project out of Fullerton, CA’s 23B Shop hackerspace. It keeps the doors of a building locked until a recognized RFID fob is applied to the reader.
Emma Willard’s Mini Maker Faire Starting Something Big
Emma Willard School in Troy, NY is staging a Mini Maker Faire, the first of four events celebrating the school’s 200th anniversary.
