Gordon McComb, Father of Hobby Robotics, Has Passed Away
A well-known, pioneering maker, roboticist, and educator has died.
obituaries
Maker’s Portfolio Video Becomes Touching Remembrance
A portfolio video, shot for a very talented and inspiring young maker, becomes a testament to her impressive life and spirit after she tragically dies weeks after shooting it.
The Maker Movement Loses Steampunk Artisan: Datamancer
Celebrating the life and work of innovative steampunk artisan Richard “Datamancer” Nagy. RIP, Doc.
Remembering Transistor Pioneer Norman Krim
Right before the Christmas holidays, Norm Krim, a pioneer of transistor technology and the father of the CK722 PNP Germanium Junction Transistor, died. He was 98 years old. IEEE Spectrum has a nice little “In Memoriam” piece which even includes a shout-out to MAKE (Krim was an early champion of DIY electronics and pushed to market the CK722 to hobbyists in the early 1950s)
Teary-Eyed Woz Recalls Starting in a Garage with Jobs
“We went into the garage when we were two young people with no money.” — Woz
Makers CAN Change the World
RIP Steve Jobs. You, and your Homebrew Computer cohort and Apple Computer, fundamentally changed our lives, through technology. Multiple times. You (and Apple) made magic with technology. I literally gasped the first time I picked up the new MacBook Air. Not a lot of consumer tech makes me gasp.
Project Gutenberg’s Michael Hart: Builder of Public Libraries, Tinkerer
Michael S. Hart, the founder of the Project Gutenberg, passed away this week at age 64 in Urbana, Illinois. He single-handedly created the first free e-books and then organized a worldwide effort to give books their first digital form — as ASCII text. His chief goal was to make sure e-books were accessible to anyone for free on any device. His work in creating a truly public library is a lasting legacy, and Hart should be considered among the founders of the Free and Open Source movement.
