2011 Red Bull Creation champions 1.21 Jigawatts will be working at Minneapolis’ tech shop, the Mill: The 2012 Red Bull Creation contest, July 19-22, brings new challenges in what promises to be another exciting opportunity to showcase MN creative and technical talents. Instead of 16 teams utilizing one work space, each team will use local […]
Nice to see RadioShack continuing its re-embrace of the DIY scene! They’re sponsoring a hackerspace challenge between Ace Monster Toys and Artisan’s Asylum. In the spirit of friendly competition, RadioShack challenged two DIY enthusiast groups known as hackerspaces—one on each coast—to build something cool out of everyday stuff. The rules were simple: use parts from […]
It was Thursday night, only 36 hours to the start of Maker Faire Kansas City, and Kansas City’s one year-old makerspace, Hammerspace was hopping! Teams were finishing up projects, tuning up 3D printers, painting impressive Mayan landscapes for robot competition environs, and testing Power Wheel Racers. Super Awesome Sylvia was there, as were the MakerBot […]
A big personal thanks to everyone who came out to the 2012 LVL1 Boneyard Hackathon. We had 9 teams consisting of 54 hackers compete for 24 hours straight, putting to the test their technical capabilities, endurance, and creativity. We had 9 great projects, and everyone had a lot of fun! Our youngest competitors were only […]
Are you a hackerspace member with an event you’d like to publicize? Send it to johnb@makezine.com or tweet me at @johnbaichtal and I’ll post it. Also feel free to subscribe to my hackerspaces Twitter list. Hackerspace Happenings runs weekly(ish). Only Hours Left to Support the Power Racing Series There is less than a day left […]
Do makerspaces serve people’s wants or people’s needs? Certainly the vast majority of these spaces exist because people want to work on projects, learn from one another, and have access to shared tools. However, there is a small subset whose purpose is to address the needs of a community. This is the story of one […]
The Power Racing Series is an event there teams from across the country modify plastic, electric ride on vehicles into full-fledged racing machines. Because setting up races is expensive, they’ve set up an indiegogo campaign so we can help support this maker event!
