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3D Printing and Cross Stitch Meet in a Creative Keycap

The marriage of traditional crafts and new technologies is always a source of inspiration. The creative melding of old and new, can truly be inspirational. Billie Ruben as come up with a surprisingly simple project that pulls off a new and interesting combination, cross stitch for your keyboard. Thee keycaps […]

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Empire State Maker Faire 2020 Call For Makers Is Open

Calling all makers! A pandemic can’t keep makers from doing what they love and seven New York State Maker Faires are collaborating to create a showcase for all of them! Rochester, Long Island, Buffalo, Fredonia, Twin Tiers (Corning), Syracuse, and World Maker Faire New York are joining forces, in conjunction […]

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Why Makers Are Crucial to America’s Economic Recovery

We welcome a new monthly column by Victor Hwang, formerly VP of Entrepreneurship at the Kauffman Foundation., who has started an initiative to encourage more people to “start something” and become “starters.” – Dale Makers are amazing hobbyists and hackers, but they are much more than that. Makers are also […]

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Plan C: A Homeless Maker in San Francisco

I brought him several cartons of cigarettes, a half-dozen bagels and a phone charger. He walked up to my car wearing a black mask over a reddish beard and said: “Let’s go to Costco.” He offered to sit in the back seat and, once he got in, he apologized if […]

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Plan C Live: Community Impact of Covid-19 in Northwest Louisiana

The pandemic has affected all aspects of American life, disrupting everything from casual encounters to the entire education system. Yet, these shifts are not uniform and have varied across regions and at the community level within cities based on preexisting demographic and economic conditions, among other indicators. Located along the […]

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Announcing $5000 Grants for Maker Gown Production!

Want to contribute to the PPE movement on the ground but aren’t sure where to start? Get Us PPE is launching a grant program and curriculum based cohort to kickstart DIY manufacturing groups interested in making and distributing impermeable gowns. GetUsPPE celebrates the maker community for filling pressing, short-term PPE […]

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Plan C: Maker Pods, Projects and Play

It’s nearing the end of summer but we are really in the middle of nowhere, confused by what happened in the Spring and anxious about what will happen in the Fall. It’s clear that things have gotten worse in many places, just over the last month. There is no sense […]

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Get Your Fix at Virtual Maker Faire Miami 2020 This Weekend!

It’s clear that a pandemic can’t keep makers from doing what they do best and Virtual Maker Faire Miami kicks off tonight at 6:30pm ET to celebrate the spirit of ingenuity, creativity, and fun of the maker community. Maker Faire Miami producer-maker-hacker-inventor Mario Cruz, and his team from Moonlighter Makerspace, […]

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July’s Freshly Certified Open Hardware Projects

The month of July had a number of new and notable projects certified as open source hardware that are worth checking out. This month saw fewer projects certified than in previous months; and it appears that the initial rush by the likes of AdaFruit, Sparkfun, and Olimex to certify their […]

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Plan C Live: Rapid Deployment Vaccine Collaborative (RadVac)

With a global pandemic showing few signs of abating, citizen science has gained a new focus: a COVID-19 vaccine. The possibility of a vaccine as a magic bullet to the pandemic looms large in the public imagination, inciting both hope and fear. And, as billions of dollars in development money […]

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