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TechShop: A Xerox PARC for the rest of us
- mrshoe 17y agoI especially liked the looks of these classes: http://www.techshop.ws/take_classes.html#245 http://www.techshop.ws/take_classes.html#245 btw, I am in no way affiliated with the TechShop, just thought it looked cool and designed specifically for hackers.
- steveklabnik 17y agoSee also the hackerspace movment.
- slpsys 17y agoNot the same at all--the HN title is a little misleading. Membership (pricey!) buys you access to $500,000 worth of tools and facilities, not just outlets and comfy chairs/wacky furniture. I've been complaining for years about not being able to do physical projects because I don't have access to a machine shop, and, well, now I can, for $125/mo. Excellent idea.
- steveklabnik 17y agoIt's true. It's much better outfitted than most hackerspaces. But I thought that these were having problems becoming profitable? I could be just remembering things wrong...
- nickmolnar2 17y agoWhat I really would love to see is a commercial version of this concept attached to the warehouse of one of the big parts companies. Imagine a hacker space with 5 minute delivery from Newark?