A beautiful design for a super useful object! The fume Fan is a soldering fume extractor, work lamp, helping hands tool and a project organiser for hobbyists, makers and creators via The fumeFan by Maketechnics — Kickstarter.
OpenPicus released a new, very streamlined, tiny and open board with no transceiver! Flyport LITE is our latest product: a real Flyport but without any Internet connectivity. We made this since our customers wanted a low cost version of the Flyport for those projects that don’t need cloud interaction. Flyport LITE has almost the same pinout…
The Makerspace playbook will help those who want to start a Makerspace, especially looking for schools and teachers. What do you need to know to get your Makerspace up and running? The Makerspace Playbook guides those who are hoping to start a Makerspace at their school or in their community. We welcome your feedback on the kinds…
[Maker] is a feature-length documentary on Maker Movement, not only about hackerspace and MakerFaire, but about how the DIY or Juggad spirit influenced society. The film interviewed makers and observers to discuss the maker impact, such as Navi Radjou(Jaggad innovation), Alec Foege(writer of Tinkerers), Chris Anderson, Tim O’Reilly and Dale Daughery. It also discussed the…
Maker Faire Rome was a blast. More than thirty thousands people visited the show and wandered around the stands. Since I was there to cover the “ReMake the World” conference in day one and the “Business of Making” event on day two, I was completely short in time availability but, at some point, I just…
As you would have probably noticed, the open hardware industry is gaining traction and relevant opportunities are showing up. According to a recent survey from Element 14: • More than half (56%) of professional engineers are more likely to use open source hardware such as Arduino and BeagleBone in 2013. Among hobbyists, that figure jumps…
Making Living Sharing – by Jens Dyvik, is a documentary about the fabber/maker community. An incredible video that was released during the Fab9 in Yokohama http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7h3dfTcHDE
An graet fabrication device is coming from Italy and is raising money on indiedgogo! Fabtotum is a multipurpose tool, the first Low Cost Desktop Personal Fabrication device that can operate a wide range of Computer controlled (CNC) manufacturing processes. Print, Cut, Mill, Scan, Manipulate. Rinse and repeat! A seamless interaction between the physical and the…
We Are Makers tells the story of the Maker Movement. It’s the story not of tools but of people. A publisher. An entrepreneur. A design professor. A middle school teacher. Two museum educators. And a creative director. Each provides an important viewpoint on why new technologies and communities of making are bringing us back to…
Help research on the Maker movement and Fablabs Because you attend fab labs we are inviting you to participate in this research study by completing the attached surveys. Thank you for taking the time to assist us in our educational endeavors. The data collected will provide useful information to the understanding of the relation between…
To build a bridge between the excellences of the Made in Italy brand – with its extraordinary ability to create beauty – and the technology of Silicon Valley. This is the heart of the project, “Making in Italy – Making in the USA: Craftsmanship, Technology and Design. Innovating with Beauty“, which will be held from June 11…
A relevant panel on digital, open manufacturing has been finally published on Ouishare TV. This panel was part of the Makers track at the Ouishare Fest that has been held in Paris in Early May. The panel was moderated by our Editor Simone Cicero and saw the contributions of Dale Dougherty, Peter Troxler and Tomas Diez…
Open-Electronics.org is the brainchild of a world leader in hobby electronics Futura Group srl. Open-Electronics.org is devoted to support development, hacking and playing with electronics: we share exciting open projects and create amazing products!
Open-Electronics.org is not just a container of ideas: it is also a web site lead by a team of engineers and geeks who will take part in the discussions and give support.
Our mission is to become a reference Open Source hacking site with ideas and feedback aimed to enrich the community.
