Open Source Hardware

Right to Repair

Right to Repair

Kyle Wiens

By Kyle Wiens

Kyle Wiens

Kyle Wiens is the co-founder of iFixit (ifixit.org), the free repair manual. iFixit's open source community has taught millions of people how to fix everything from iPhones to Volvos.

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Ten years ago, I started iFixit, the world’s free online repair manual. Our goal is to teach everyone how to fix the stuff they own — whether it’s laptops, snowboards, toys, or clothes. And we’re not alone. iFixit is part of a global network of fixers trying to make the stuff we own last forever.

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Five Minutes with Brad Hill and the LittleRP 3D Printer

Five Minutes with Brad Hill and the LittleRP 3D Printer

By John Abella

John Abella

Maker of things, obsessive hobbyist, 3D printing and CNC enthusiast. 3D Printer Village wrangler, Lead instructor at BotBuider.net.

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Brad Hill has designed a new 3D printer called the LittleRP that will be launching on Kickstarter today. It’s one of a crop of new affordable resin printers on the scene, and I caught up to him to discuss how it came to be and where it’s going next. How did you get into 3D […]

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Future’s so Bright, I Gotta Wear LED Shades

Future’s so Bright, I Gotta Wear LED Shades

By Andrew Terranova

Andrew Terranova

Andrew Terranova is an electrical engineer, writer and author of How Things Are Made: From Automobiles to Zippers. Andrew is also an electronics and robotics enthusiast and has created and curated robotics exhibits for the Children's Museum of Somerset County, NJ and taught robotics classes for the Kaleidoscope Enrichment in Blairstown, NJ and for a public primary school. Andrew is always looking for ways to engage makers and educators.

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You can buy the new LED Matrix Shades from macetech on their online store. Or build the original version, now available as an open source design.

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Makers Rising in Zorrozaurre

Makers Rising in Zorrozaurre

By Sabrina Merlo

Sabrina Merlo

Sabrina is the Maker Faire Program Director. She works on stage content for the flagship fairs (Bay Area & New York), and also runs Maker Faire's global licensing program for locally and independently produced Maker Faires. She also co-creates the East Bay Mini Maker Faire in her town, Oakland, CA.

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Bilbao’s post-industrial neighborhood Zorrozaurre is ground zero for an emerging maker culture and economy.

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Slideshow: Fab10Barcelona

Slideshow: Fab10Barcelona

By Sabrina Merlo

Sabrina Merlo

Sabrina is the Maker Faire Program Director. She works on stage content for the flagship fairs (Bay Area & New York), and also runs Maker Faire's global licensing program for locally and independently produced Maker Faires. She also co-creates the East Bay Mini Maker Faire in her town, Oakland, CA.

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This week 600 people gathered in Barcelona for Fab10, a truly international conference on the state of digital fabrication and open source hardware, as well as a convention for the global FabLab makerspace network. Fab Labs are the brainchild of Neil Gershenfeld of MIT. His vision was to build a network of standardized makerspaces outfitted with […]

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Lenore Edman And The Evil Mad Science That You Do So Well

Lenore Edman And The Evil Mad Science That You Do So Well

By Andrew Terranova

Andrew Terranova

Andrew Terranova is an electrical engineer, writer and author of How Things Are Made: From Automobiles to Zippers. Andrew is also an electronics and robotics enthusiast and has created and curated robotics exhibits for the Children's Museum of Somerset County, NJ and taught robotics classes for the Kaleidoscope Enrichment in Blairstown, NJ and for a public primary school. Andrew is always looking for ways to engage makers and educators.

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Is Lenore Edman an evil mad scientist? Undeniably, since she is co-founder of Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories. But she’s not really evil, is she?

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