There is suddenly a lot of activity at the Open Hardware Logo thread (a logo to go with the open hardware definition, which i have endorsed). I put in a couple of submissions a couple of weeks ago, and thought I might in with a chance for defining this graphic that could potentially be a [...]

One of the first things I referenced when I started this project was the ‘Maker’s Bill of Rights’ document that Make Magazine published some time ago – a kind of set of standards for makers of open objects such that said objects can be sure to be repairable and hackable. As with most things to [...]

Have just come across this Open Design event happening in Berlin this week, from the Open Design Berlin blog: The DMY Maker Lab will be a celebration of Open Design through practice, presentations, and collaborative action, created by instigators and participants alike. It’ll be held at the DMY International Design Festival from 9-13 June 2010. [...]

I’ve been busy preparing stuff for the exhibition in Dundee this week that ties up my Arts Council funded residency with DJCAD. The exhibition is called Innovation and Creative Development in Craft and runs from Thursday 10th June to Saturday 26th June in the Dalhousie Building, University of Dundee, Old Hawkhill, Balfour Street, Dundee, DD1 [...]

Am gathering some info on the options for build-your-won CNC machines, with a view to perhaps building one for the studios. So far: DIYLILCNC, 1′ x 1′ x 2′ The bizarrely named BlackToe, 4′ x 8′ – license unclear Several dozen Instructables.. .. including Oomlout‘s excellent looking offering, 10″ x 14″ x 4″

Somewhat ironically, I was checking out Fab@home‘s new site this morning, and have been having trouble opening up their 3D models -Though supplied in Solidworks format, it is Solidworks 09, a version someway beyond my own, so about as useful to me as a bananaskin. Would have appreciated a choice of a more common format.. [...]