There is an open data movement afoot. Now. Around the world. — Tim Berners-Lee on TED, Feb. 2010 That was certainly the sentiment I felt at last weekend’s Open Data Hackday. The two-day meet-up for geeks, journalists, and data liberators pushed against solid challenges: How…
From betahaus It might have been around for a couple of weeks already: We are about to add a new ingredient to the betahaus DNA this april. Together with palomar5, lasernlasern, bausteln and Mechatronik Werkstatt Berlin we will set up Berlin’s first fablab in the…
Feeling like I’ve neglected my blog for far too long, and so during a weekend-at-home spurt, I thought I’d throw in some links and updates about great projects and ideas of late. Happy to hear your thoughts and let me know if you want to…
A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of joining Martin Bauer (lasern lasern) on a roadtrip to Bremen. Up at the crack of dawn, we were bound for Fabcamp Bremen, a barcamp for fablab founders and enthusiasts organized by Axel Grischow and Karsten Joost…
“Make something for dinner” was the assignment at the two-day Open Design workshop in betahaus. No, we weren’t just talking about preparing a yummy dish, but rather participants were to use open design principles and tools to build something to bring to the dinner table,…