Ukuvakasha kwalesi makerspace ngaphandle kwaseDenver naseBoulder, eColorado kwenzeka ngoSepthemba 2019, kusasele isikhathi eside ngaphambi kokuthi i-COVID-19 ivule izikhala ezinjengalezi emakhanda abo. Kodwa-ke, kuze kube namuhla, iTinkerMill ivulekele ibhizinisi, noma ngabe kunezinyathelo ezithile zokuqapha ezikhona. Thatha ukubuka ngaphakathi kwalesi sikhala esikhulu, futhi esihlome kahle kuvidiyo engezansi nge…
Lolu hambo lwe-MADE Makerspace eBarcelona, eSpain kwaba yindawo yami yokugcina yokumisa izindiza eYurophu ukuze ngifunde ngesiko lokuqalisa le-HW lapho. Buka le vidiyo engezansi ukuze uhambe nami, noma ufunde eminye imininingwane! Ngingathanda ukubonga kakhulu ku-Oriol Fernandez we “MAKing props” ngokuthatha…
Kwisitolimende sesithathu se- “How to Network with HW enginerds eYurophu,” siya eKiev, e-Ukraine! (AKA Kyiv, Ukraine.) Nginezinsuku ezimbili kuphela kuleli dolobha kepha ngikwazile ukuvakasha izakhiwo ezintathu ngapakisha emihlanganweni emine, okufakazela ukuthi abantu base-Ukraine bayesabeka. Kulokhu kuvakasha okufishane, ngifunde amaqiniso amaningi athakazelisayo…
Muva nje, ngivakashele iYurophu ukuze ngifunde ukuthi iziqalo zehardware zakhula kanjani lapho. Ikuphi i-Euro Silicon Valley? Kuphathwa kanjani ukuqala lapho kuqhathaniswa nase-US? Ukuxhumana, uxhaso nokwakhiwa kwamaqembu kusebenza kanjani ngaleya? Esinye sezindawo engamisa kuzo kwakuyiWarsaw, ePoland. Lapha, ngizokwabelana ngalokhu engikufundile ngivakashela i-FabLab enikwe amandla…
Ubuwazi ukuthi kunendawo egcwele abantu, engama-11,000 square foot makerspace ngamamayela ayi-15 enyakatho yeSeattle? Simile yiThe Facility Makerspace ukubona amathoyizi ngaphakathi kwalesi sikhala esisha esixhaswe yi-Edmonds Community College. Uma ukhathazekile ngokungabi umfundi lapho - musa! Le makerspace ivulekele umphakathi futhi nawe…
Faka lokhu ngeso lengqondo: usegumbini elinabaqambi abanomqondo ofanayo, ama-program, nama-coders. Nonke nifuna into efanayo: ukwenza okusha. Indawo makerspace. Manje ake ucabange leso sikhala – izinto eziyinqaba kunazo zonke, i-electronics nephunga lamafutha okusika. Ahhhh. Ungaba yingxenye yesikhala semakers. Kungenzeka uqale. Ungahle ufune…
Uma kukhona into eyodwa umphakathi okhulayo “woMenzi” ongathembela kuyo njalo, yilokho nje: umphakathi wabantu abanomqondo ofanayo abasekelana ukukhula komunye nomunye befuna umbono omkhulu olandelayo wokuxazulula izinkinga. Njengoba abanye bengasho - "ubufakazi bukupudding" - umuntu udinga kuphela ukuya kumcimbi weMenzi Faire…
Ngemuva komkhankaso weKickstarter ophumelele ngoFebhuwari ka-2014 obabone beqoqa imali engaphezulu kwama- $ 250,000 (ngenhloso yangempela yama- $ 18,000) Abadali beFloyd Leg bebematasa bekhulisa ulayini wabo womkhiqizo owazalwa ngomkhankaso weKickstarter ophumelelayo. Lesi sikhathi, bafuna ukukunika amandla okwenza i-workshop ephelele noma…
Babize ngokuthi yi-Devo ye-upcycling… iqembu lomculo lase-Illinois elibizwa nge-Electric Waste Orchestra belilokhu liguqule i-hardware endala futhi elahliwe yaba izinsimbi zomculo ezintsha. Wazalelwa eMakerpace Urbana eChampaign-Urbana, eIllinois (amamayela angama-135 eningizimu yeChicago), leli qembu lakha izinsimbi zomculo ezisebenza ngokugcwele ezingagcini nje ukungcola ngaphandle kokulahla udoti kodwa…
Cishe yonke imitapo yolwazi engake ngaya kuyo eminyakeni eyi-172 edlule yempilo yami ibinezincwadi eziningi, ukuthula okuningi negumbi eliningi lishiywe lingenamuntu emihlanganweni ye-MLM yesikhashana. Ingane eletha i-lathe yedeskithophu nokusula izinkuni zikamkhulu ukuze ihlale ithule ithule kude ku…
Kuleli sonto i-EngineerVsDesigner ihlale phansi nonjiniyela bokudizayina ngemuva kwe-in-one 'Machine in a Box' Microfactory, uMnuz Jeremy Fryer-Biggs weMebotics. IMicrofactory iyinhlanganisela yephrinta ye-3D, isigayo, ne-laser etcher. Sizokhuluma noJeremy ngayo yonke into kusuka ekutheni izingxenye zomuntu ngamunye emshinini ziqhathanisa kanjani nezinye izinhlelo eziku…
Faka lokhu ngaphansi 'kwezizathu zakho zokuthola umshini we-CNC esikhathini esizayo esiseduze' uma ungakakwazi ukufinyelela kuwo. I-OpenDesk ingumthombo omusha ovulekile wokuklama ifenisha yomthombo ovela eqenjini elingemuva kweFabHub elihlose ukuhlola amamodeli amasha womklamo ovulekile nowokubambisana wemiklamo yefenisha yesimanje yamahhala eyenziwe ngamadijithi ukuthi…