Santiago Mini Maker Faire has over 40 confirmed makers from Chile, Uruguay, Argentina, and Mexico. The fair is being organized by members of STGO Makerspace, a one year-old maker space in Santiago. Other Maker Faires coming up include Tokyo, Japan; Tyler, Texas; Houston, Texas; and Las Vegas, Nevada.
MAKE is organizing its first international maker meet-up Nov. 15. The idea is to help makers find each other in their local communities, spark conversations and get people making.
Ariane Coffin of GeekMom interviewed Mothership HackerMoms Samantha Matalone Cook and Sho Sho Smith. For the uninitiated, Mothership HackerMoms is the first hackerspace aimed directly at moms. GeekMom: What do you envision for this new space? Sho Sho: We just launched a Kickstarter fundraiser to get equipment, do some DIY construction, and develop our workshop […]
One of the founders of Fort Worth Makerspace, Robert Bradbury, wrote in to share their latest efforts:
Chris “Akiba” Wang of Freaklabs and Tokyo Hackerspace is the brother of Mothership HackerMoms co-founder Sho Sho Smith, and he’s offering a couple of cool kits from his online store to support HackerMoms’ Kickstarter campaign. All proceeds will go to the moms! The first kit is the FabTile, a daisy-chainable LED board based off of […]
I’m crossing the bridge to San Francisco tomorrow to meet with artist Phillip Ross, but I’m hoping to connect with another maker or two. Anyone got any ideas?
A reporter from Reuters visits a hackerspace and learns about the scene.
