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Faraday Motion: Electric Longboard Company, Apartment Makerspace, Tinkerers Paradise

Faraday Motion: Electric Longboard Company, Apartment Makerspace, Tinkerers Paradise

Ronald Jaramillo

By Ronald Jaramillo

Ronald Jaramillo

Ronald Jaramillo is a Software developer and tinkerer with a lifelong fascination for automata and robots. He shares his excursions into robotics at www.burningservos.com. You can find him on Twitter @RonaldXJT

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Faraday Motion is a small business with the soul of a makerspace. Backed by a community of Makers, they’re perfecting electric skateboards.

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Meow Wolf Builds Fantastical Immersive Art — And Sustainable Models for Artists

Meow Wolf Builds Fantastical Immersive Art — And Sustainable Models for Artists

By Lisa Martin

Lisa Martin

A typical day for Lisa includes: getting up to see the sunrise, bicycling, interning at Make:, reading and writing short stories, and listening to audiobooks and podcasts for hours while working on projects or chores.

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What started as a collective of creative friends in Santa Fe has blossomed into a surreal, artistic installation that allows artists to make a living on their art as an experience, not as a commodity.

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Neighborhood 3D Printing Store Opens in Oakland

Neighborhood 3D Printing Store Opens in Oakland

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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The HoneyBee3D retail store opens and joins a very small list of brick and mortar small businesses focusing on digital fabrication. The store offers classes, rapid prototyping, and good old-fashioned hand holding (helping you get your print made, start to finish). It also is a retailer for TypeA Machines.

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