[hackerspaces] Businesses that have launched out of hackerspaces and makerspaces?

Wed Jan 21 02:02:54 CET 2015

Hey - thanks, Nate.

There's been some excellent responses on this thread. 
I'm not looking for the handcrafted stuff (beautiful as it all is) as that sector is doing well enough locally.

I'm looking for the subtle little game changers that shift things. I'm doing the background research to make the case to local civic and financial leadership (who are not engineers) that this stuff is important -- and real. 

We also have makerspace initiatives launching at one of the local universities - but they haven't quite got the "bottom up" drive right just yet. Historically in this state, grassroots initiatives that burble up organically from the lower levels to the higher were stomped on if it was a threat to the local big ventures. Local tech startups and the tech ecosystem are trailing the major NorAm cities by a good twenty years (fifteen if I'm feeling optimistic).

Should be digging into all the links in a week or so. 

FWIW, we have our first project of this type underway at the Birmingham makerspace. Solid team, experienced leadership, good coders, looks like it's going to launch nicely.

Shirley Hicks
Red Mountain Makers
Birmingham, AL

On Jan 20, 2015, at 6:50 PM, Nathaniel Bezanson <myself at telcodata.us> wrote:

> The Hemingwrite is mostly independent, (not conceived here) but they made their prototype at i3:
> https://twitter.com/i3Detroit/status/521017245523521536
> 
> And now they're hiring people:
> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/i3detroit-public/TbJtFGZ9hOs/r6luWkXDHDMJ
> 
> Also we have a bunch of folks who sell handcrafted stuff they've made at the space, but I don't know if I'd count them as "business that have launched". Some of them are definitely more viable because they're able to use bigger/better tools, though, so is that what you're looking for?
> 
> -Nate B-
> 
> Jessica Ross wrote:
> Renaissance Miniatures spawned out of ATX Hackerspace. 
> http://renaissanceminiatures.com/webstore/
> 
> On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 12:59 PM, Bernhard Tittelbach <xro at realraum.at> wrote:
> Am 2015-01-14 um 00:16 schrieb Arclight:
> > Here's one started from 23b:
> >
> > http://www.accxproducts.com
> >
> > It's open-source security and access systems as well as industrial stuff.
> >
> > Arclight
> Here's ours:
> 
> http://kilobaser.com/
> 
> came out of http://realraum.at
> 
> Started with merging our hackerspace and biohackerspace, taking apart
> and repairing lab equipement, making a bioreactor and PCR-machine and
> now building a Rapid DNA Prototyper (DNA Synthesizer, mainly for primers)
> 
> 
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 5:22 AM, Shirley Hicks
> > <shirley at velochicdesign.com> wrote:
> >> Thanks everyone for your replies. Will be rolling them into a portion of our pitch sheet and education materials that we're putting together for work with other community organizations.
> >>
> >> -- Shirley Hicks
> >> Red Mountain Makers
> >>
> >> On Jan 11, 2015, at 8:44 AM, Josh Pritt <ramgarden at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> A neat project that's coming out of Melbourne Makerspace is the Firepick Delta. It takes the 3D printer idea and takes it a step further. This machine can change out its tools from 3D print heads, to solder paste injectors, to pick and place nozzles. It allows someone to design and build a prototype device and have a little desktop machine that can not only build the circuit board and populate it with the tiny components, but it can also 3D print a nice box or case around it. So imagine a small machine on you desk that can print out remote controls, simple cell phones, or just one off prototypes of a special circuit board you designed. The main idea is for general hobbyists to be able to design and build quick circuit board prototypes and test it right from their desk instead of sending the design away to china where you must wait days or weeks to get your board. And you pay extra if you only want one or two.  And the really great part of the whole Firepick Delta project
>  i
> >  s
> >>   t
> >>> hat its goal is to cost $300!  A normal pick and place machine costs many thousands of dollars and takes up a very large portion of a room.  I'm looking forward to helping get this project going when the beta test kits come out in the next month or two.  Check it out here: http://delta.firepick.org
> >>>
> >>> Sent from my iPad mini
> >>>
> >>>> On Jan 11, 2015, at 8:28 AM, Shirley Hicks <shirley at velochicdesign.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Am doing a local "chamber of commerce" type presentation to local community leaders tomorrow.
> >>>>
> >>>> Am wondering if y'all have local examples of businesses and ventures that had their roots in maker and hackerspaces?
> >>>>
> >>>> I know of Adafruit and Spark Fun; am looking for others. This is also for my education.
> >>>>
> >>>> Shirley Hicks
> >>>> Red Mountain Makers
> >>>> Birmingham, AL
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