A Renaissance of Making

[SomeoneKnows]

Silicon Valley may be known as the center of the universe for computer
innovation and the Internet Dot Com boom and bust. But New York is
emerging as a hotbed for innovation and creativity in making things as
part of a new industrial revolution.

This Wall Street Journal video features two people I find most
inspiring, Bre Pettis and Limor Fried.
http://online.wsj.com/public/page/0_0_WP_3001.html?currentPlayingLocation=48&currentlyPlayingCollection=Tech&currentlyPlayingVideoId={D9B78132-9F0A-4206-8582-C372CA9A5EE7}

Bre Pettis http://www.brepettis.com/ is a founding member of the NYC
Resistor hacker space and one of the founding members of MakerBot
Industries http://www.makerbot.com/

Limor Fried, also known as LadyAda, is the founder of Adafruit
Industries http://adafruit.com/ Her electronics kits offer a great way
to learn about soldering. But it's her web site that holds the greater
value for the kits by documenting much of the engineering involved in
creating the device designs.

NYC Resistor http://www.nycresistor.com/ embodies the hacker space
movement that I find most inspiring and hope we can capture some of
that energy through Make:KC. Here is an interesting video about some
of NYC Resistor member's activities. http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/good_day_ny/091109-helpful-hackers

Vince

[SomeoneKnows]

This Wall Street Journal video features two people I find most
inspiring, Bre Pettis and Limor Fried.

Try this link instead: http://tinyurl.com/ygfm3ro

On Nov 14, 12:06 pm, SomeoneKnows <someoneknows2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Silicon Valley may be known as the center of the universe for computer
> innovation and the Internet Dot Com boom and bust. But New York is
> emerging as a hotbed for innovation and creativity in making things as
> part of a new industrial revolution.
>
> This Wall Street Journal video features two people I find most

> inspiring, Bre Pettis and Limor Fried.http://online.wsj.com/public/page/0_0_WP_3001.html?currentPlayingLoca...{D9B78132-9F0A-4206-8582-C372CA9A5EE7}
>
> Bre Pettishttp://www.brepettis.com/is a founding member of the NYC

> Resistor hacker space and one of the founding members of MakerBot

> Industrieshttp://www.makerbot.com/

>
> Limor Fried, also known as LadyAda, is the founder of Adafruit

> Industrieshttp://adafruit.com/Her electronics kits offer a great way

> to learn about soldering. But it's her web site that holds the greater
> value for the kits by documenting much of the engineering involved in
> creating the device designs.
>

> NYC Resistorhttp://www.nycresistor.com/embodies the hacker space

[Jestin Stoffel]

The WSJ's video also features at least one person you've met in person.
Craig (CCCKC's VP of Operations) had his hand in the video (literally),
showing off a plastic spider he designed and printed with the Makerbot.
Since Craig is known to this group as well, I thought it deserves a
mention.