Under Armour – City Garage & The Foundry
The City Garage and The Foundry are part of Under Armour founder, Kevin Plank’s, multi million dollar Maker Space in Baltimore. City Garage exists as a place where good ideas become great, where basement projects become global titans. The goal…
Oregon – Quackcon
QuackCon is a 36-hour student prototyping competition organized by the Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship taking place October 14-16 at UO’s McArthur Court. This type of event is in the middle of entrepreneurship. There are over 250 students signed up for…
Wazer – Desktop Water Jet Cutter
With water jet cutters typically costing $100,000, the Wazer, MSRP of $5999, is trying to bring water jet cutting to the desktop. Though certainly not as powerful as a full size water jet, being able to bring this ability to just…
EVENT – Evolution & Future of 3D Printing
The Technology Association of Oregon is hosting an event discussing 3D printing and the future of manufacturing and development innovation. Date: Oct. 13th Time: 4pm-79m Location: Portland Website: http://www.techoregon.org/events/evolution-future-3d-printing Questions to be answered during this session: What does 3D Printing…
Maker Space – Impact on Admissions
Interesting blurb in the latest Thinkbox newsletter about the impact their maker space has had on admissions: “Stunning Impact on Admissions – Our user survey found an unprecedented 64% of students who toured Sears think[box] prior to choosing a university indicated that access to think[box]…
Portland Mini Maker Faire – Sept. 10th-11th
The Portland Mini Maker Faire will be at OMSI showcasing amazing works of all kinds. More than 100 exhibits, most of them hands-on. The Portland Mini Maker Faire will run the gamut from demonstrations of 3D printing and robot welding,…
Local Eugene Opportunity to Meet Your Makers
Panel discussion hosted by the Eugene Public Library about the growing Eugene Maker community.
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Adam Savage celebrate making at Sears think[box]
Some inspiration on creating Maker spaces. If you just want to listen to Adam, he starts at about 11:30 minutes into the video. http://engineering.case.edu/Savage-visit-video
Tinkering – New Paradigm in Education
This New York Times article, “Wood Shop Enters the Age of High-Tech”, brings up some interesting ideas around the exploration of tools and having a safe environment to pursue making. Makers and D.I.Y. communities get people creating, be it for…
UO Innovation Center – 942 Olive
Located in downtown Eugene, the UO Innovation Center intends to bring university, community and business together with the hope of creating new innovation, partnerships and opportunities. Current partners include: The Tyler Invention Greenhouse — which seeks to catalyze the exchange…
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