The origins of Brooklyn’s latest well-funded startup are not what you’d expect. Founder Will Canine came to New York to participate in the anti-capitalist protest Occupy Wall Street. He got the idea ...

A couple of months ago I wrote a piece about the evolution of hackerspaces, and mentioned that I’d be attending a party for a hackerspace birthday. As I write this that party was last weekend, and it ...

You just can’t please some people. Take a 3D-printer disguised as a condiment dispenser to a public event and next thing you know people actually expect you to build a 3D-condiment dispenser for the ...

The word "hackerspace" calls to mind a haven where Angelina Jolie, Jonny Lee Miller and their ilk feverishly crack encrypted websites. Las Vegas' hackerspace, SYN Shop, however, looks less like a ...

Some in the “hackerspace” movement shy away from the term, preferring the less criminal-sounding “makerspace” to describe the tech-savvy community workspaces that have increased in popularity in ...

Last spring the Memorial Union at the University of Maine welcomed a new facility to its first floor. While walking around campus, you may have noticed many signs announcing a new opportunity and ...